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School: An Clochar, Cara Droma Ruisc

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Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim / Co. Roscommon
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An tSr. Emerentia
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    money in a big hole. Every night he visited the place and remained there for some time talking to himself about the treasure buried beneath the sod. Unfortunately for him there were two robbers listening to him and having heard his soliloquy they resolved to trick him. They stole the pot of gold and covered up the hole again as if nothing had happened.
    The miser came as usual, innocent of what had happened, to his treasure. At last he saved another pound and he resolved to bury that also, so he brought the necessary implements that very night and dug down in quest of the pot, rejoicing at
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maise Mc Loughlin
    Gender
    Female