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School: Tolerton, Ballylickmoyler (roll number 11321)

Location:
Towlerton, Co. Laois
Teacher:
L. Ó Broin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0838, Page 043

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    The story which I am about to tell happened in this locality. This story is, that there was once a rich woman. This woman lived in a house alone. Thoughts frequently came into her mind that she would find some valuable thing in a special field on her farm.
    This woman went to sleep very early one night. On that night while she slept she had a funny dream. This dream was, that there was a pot of gold hidden under a heap of rushes in a field which was to be found on her farm. When she woke on the following morning she was not satisfied till she went to this special field. She searched very carefully under a large
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen King
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Towlerton, Co. Laois
    Informant
    Moses King
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Towlerton, Co. Laois