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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0607, Page 426

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    more". The men thinking that gold lay hidden underneath collected a large number of men from Connolly, Kilmaley and Lissycasey they brought weapons, spades, pick axes and crowbars and dug beside the large stone, then they turned it over with crowbars and levers.
    When they had worked all day turning the large stone they found nothing underneath but clay and written in the lower side was the following lines. "Lay me down as i was before". Now they did not do so that the fairies would be after them so they had to get at the stone and turn it back again.
    Brigid Morley
    Clarecastle
    Co. Clare
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Brigid Morley
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Clarecastle, Co. Clare