School: Dromach, An Bhán-tír (roll number 15380)

Location:
Dromagh, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Tomás Ó Conchobhair
Browse
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0359, Page 396

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0359, Page 396

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Dromach, An Bhán-tír
  2. XML Page 396
  3. XML “Hidden Treasure”
  4. XML “Hidden Treasure”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.
    (continued from previous page)
    Transcription guide »
    By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
  2. About three weeks ago, my father told me a story about hidden treasure.
    There was an orchard in front of Mrs. Archdeacon's house in Dromalour. One night a couple of men went to steal apples. When they were going into the orchard, they heard people talking but they could see no one.
    They got afraid and returned for home. They crossed a ditch and some sticks were on the ditch.
    When they had crossed the ditch they heard some other people crossing the ditch, coming after them.
    When they left Archdeacon's land
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.