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1. Essay on Fairy Tales (continued)

   

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   "Trumero" to go in search of the treasure. They set out this night at about ten O'clock. They brought with them picks shovels and spades. They reached the Croockedwood about one O'clock. The[y] then started to make the hole. The man also dreamt there would be about two feet deep of clay. Then some stones and then a large flag of stone about six feet deep. They continued making the hole. The[y] got the two feet deep of clay and the stones, and when the[y] came to the flag of stone it was very deep and they had no implement which would break the stone.
   The man said in his dream he was told the wheels would be gone from under the cart. The man who had the strange dream was with them. All he had to do was to go to the next field and get the wheels. The man said the treasure or money was under the flag of stone. The men said the[y] would go home as it was coming near morning They agreed to come back some other night with some implement which would break

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. objects
      1. man-made structures
         1. public infrastructure
            1. roads (~2,778)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Sheila Murtagh

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Carn, Co. Westmeath

   Informant

   William Murtagh

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Carn, Co. Westmeath