School: Clochar na Trócaire, Baile an Gharrdha

Location:
Ballingarry, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Sr M. Treasa
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0500, Page 193

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    night's lodgings. It was a custom that time for the people to sleep in settle -beds in the kitchen. The jug happened to be in the kitchen. While the rest of the family were asleep, he got up and carried off the gold jug with him. Next day when the people of the house got. They found that the gold jug was gone. They made inquiries about it but neither the pedler nor the gold jug could be traced afterwards. There is another account how a gold basin supposed to be found there also, but no definate account is to be got about it. One of the same family dreamt three nights after one another that if he went at twelve in the night to a certain
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    2. place-space-environment
      1. legendary and spiritual places (~158)
        1. fairy forts (~5,616)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mr Fitzgearld
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Address
    Kilmeedy, Co. Limerick