School: Don

Location:
Cartron More, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Pádhraic Ó Tiomáin
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    nights in succession that if he went to the bridge he would get his fortune. Next day he set off on his journey without telling anybody.
    When he got to the bridge he searched and searched and found no gold. He stayed there all day and all night and the next day walking and searching for the money. At the end of the second day a man from that place came up to him and asked him if were waiting for anyone or if he lost anything that he had seen there two days in succession. The boy told him the story of the dream. The man said he dreamt the same thing but that the gold
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    Folktales index
    AT1645: The Treasure at Home
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Marie Brennan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lissergool, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Patrick Bruen
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Lissergool, Co. Roscommon