School: Caiseal (roll number 16085)
- Location:
- Cashel, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Pádraig Mac Mághnuis
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- (continued from previous page)voice. "I have come to tell ye not to be stealing all the money in the country" said the man. When ye go a bit farther ye will meet a large rock and say to it. "Open, open cellary rock". Then it will open to ye, and don't forget to say the same words when coming out. At this the man was gone, and they never saw him again.
When the robbers reached the rock they said what they were ordered. The rock opened to them and they went in. They came to a beautiful room all covered with gold. They filled their bags and pockets with gold, but in a short while after a giant came out from the next room. He roared at the robbers. The young robber told the rock open, and was gone with the money. The old robber was so much excited that he forgot to say, "open, open, cellary rock". The giant caught and killed him. The young robber and his mother were rich for ever.(continues on next page)- Collector
- Paddy Mc Donnell
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Curryaun, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Mary Mc Donnell
- Relation
- Grandparent
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Curryaun, Co. Mayo