School: Sliabh na Cille (roll number 14513)
- Location:
- Slievenakilla, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Peadar Mac Fhlannchadha
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- (continued from previous page)bird minding it and if they would not kill the bird he would kill them. They began to dig and the bird began to flutter. But they shot him. A thought struck them that whichever of them would lift the gold would not live long. The fair man said that he would chance to lift it. He put a rope in the ear of the pot and lifted it up. He lived longer than the man that did not touch it at all. The man who got the gold was "Neddily" Cafferty who lived in the townland of Pottore, parish of Aughnasheelin, Co. Leitrim.
Collected by Mary McGourty from her grandmother Maria McGourty (Maria McMorrow) of Aughrim, Co. Leitrim. She is nearly 80 years of age. - You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
- Informant
- Mr Sylvester Maguire
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Urbal Barr, Co. Leitrim