School: An Cnocán Bán, Áth Treasa (roll number 12999)

Location:
Cummery Connell (South), Co. Cork
Teacher:
Eibhlín, Bean Uí Ríordáin
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    to put him in but he screeched and told him he would give him a pot of gold if he would let him go.
    He consented and he led him to a tree, he tied him to the tree and dug until he found the gold. Then he left him go and never saw him again and himself and his brother lived happy forever afterwards.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Hannah Sullivan
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Miss Katie Murphy
    Relation
    Relative (other than parent or grandparent)
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    60
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Cummery Connell (South), Co. Cork