School: Castlemaine (B.) (roll number 5169)
- Location:
- Castlemaine, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Tomás Ó Corcoráin
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- (continued from previous page)from the village came up to him and said "What in the world brought you here? I saw you a long time on the bridge yesterday". "Well" said little Darby "I had a dream that if I came here I would get some gold but of course I got none".
"Well" said the Castlemaine man "I had a dream for three nights that in the haggard of a man to the west of Dingle called little Darby, there is a great Treasure of gold under a small bush in the corner".
So Darby went off home quickly and that night Darby and his two sons began to dig with the spades under the bush and after a short time they met a flag with their spades and lifting the flag, they found three big crocks of gold. In a short time a gentleman's house and land was up for sale and little Darby was the(continues on next page)- Collector
- Edward Day
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- Over 10
- Address
- Castlemaine, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- Mr John Mc Carthy
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 86
- Address
- Castlemaine, Co. Kerry