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School: Ballinard (B.), Cnoc Luinge

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  1. Story - A Man and a Crock of Gold

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    Once upon a time a man had two farms in this parish (Herbertstown). There was a dwelling house on each farm, one being a tatched house and the other a slated house. There was a big flag outside the door of the tatched house. There was a poor man going the road one day and the farmer employed him for a couple of days to root up the flag. When they had the flag lifted they got a crock of gold under it. The farmer said: Give me that until some wet day and we will have time to count it. Ht put it aside and when the wet day came the poor man came and none of them could think of where they put the gold so every time he is working in that place he thinks he will get it.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    2. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Dan Riordan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballyloundash, Co. Limerick