School: Leitre (roll number 16164)
- Location:
- Lettera, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Seán Ó Reachtaire

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0012, Page 006
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- There is a hawthorn bush in a neighbour's field . A man dreamt three nights in succession that if he went there and brought three men with him an to dig at the root of the bush he would find a pot of gold .He went there one night , but he only brought two men with him , because one of the men was not friendly with him. He began digging and when he was doing so instead of a pot of gold, a great number of frogs jumped out, and nearly ate them.Rita O'Brien
Park,
ClonberneMr. Dan O'Brien - A StoryThere was a beggar going round to the houses begging alms from the people. He went into(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Rita O' Brien
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Park East, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Mr Dan O' Brien
- Relation
- Unknown
- Gender
- Male