School: Moynalvey (roll number 7567)
- Location:
- Moynalvy, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Mrs Bridget M. Kelly
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- (continued from previous page)There is a fort in Galtrim. Long ago the late Mrs. Barry of Arodstown had a dream that gold was there, and that if she dug a sod she would get a pot of gold. She went there accompanied by her son. When she had dug the first sod a black dog jumped up and bit the boy's leg. The woman got the pot of gold but the boy's leg never healed and he died soon afterwards.
There is another hollow called the "Ratheen" between my father's land and Mr. Parson's land. Long ago a man was beginning to build a house when he heard a(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Maggie Comey
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Derrypatrick, Co. Meath
- Informant
- Patrick Comey
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Derrypatrick, Co. Meath
