School: Baile Caisleáin an Róistigh (C.) (roll number 14108)

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1. A Story of the Penal Days (continued)

   

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   A short time after this incident, one member of the Grimes family (that branch which lived nearer to Fermoy) dreamt on three successive nights, that a large sum, in gold, lay buried in his haggard, so he started to dig at the spot indicated in his dreams. The site of his digging can be seen to this day, for he dug for many weeks, before the came upon a huge stone slab on which was written in Irish, "Your dogs will drown you". He ceased digging forthwith, thinking that the object of his dreams lay beneath the stone, and paying no attention to the writing thereon, he went in search of help to lift it. This errand took him by the bank of the river, and as he walked along his two dogs accompanied him tied together with a coupling chain. After a very short time one dog got at either side of him catching him with the chain and precipitated him into the river where he was drowned.
   The other branch of the family also ended as one might expect. A brother heard a noise one night in the orchard outside the house and putting his gun out of the window, he fired, point blank, in the direction from which it came and on going to investigate, found he had shot

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   Topics

   1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
         1. penal times (~4,335)

   Language

   English

   Informant

   Dr Foley

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Bridgetown Upper, Co. Cork