School: Scoil na mBráthar, Dúrlas Éile

Location:
Thurles, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Br. T. S. Ó Maoilchiaráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0552, Page 008

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0552, Page 008

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    earth and struck a small box, he pulled the box up and he in it an awl, a last and a hammer he was angry with what he got in the box he put it upon the dress and a few days after got it down and found in it a paper and what was written on it this is the gold to buy the house and clothes and the poor old man was delighted. The man said that he was not able to catch me in the trick. About four years after the poor man had all his money spent and went into the forest again so he met the fairy and he asked him to know where the gold was hidden so the fairy told him to go over on top of that hill and he would see a stream of water flowing along the side of a hill so he did as he was told and he went over to the stream and he heard a sound and he
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Thomas Maher
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Goold's Cross, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Mr Denis Maher
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Goold's Cross, Co. Tipperary