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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0870, Page 127

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    very far still until you find your fortune". "You must travel to an island in a far off country where your fortune lies buried under a big boiler in a lonely island". "You must go there and bring three drinks of water and some apples from a tree that is growing over the well to a lovely lady who is so ill no doctor can cure he and that nothing but those apples and water can cure because they are magic.
    The old man told Jack how to travel and he at once set off.
    At last he came to the island & travelled a long time before he found the old boiler, the well, and the apples, He had no bother in getting the gold. It was buried under the old boiler.
    He came home again and brought the water and
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Folktales index
    AT1645: The Treasure at Home
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mrs Mary Fitzpatrick
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    59
    Address
    Ralph, Co. Wexford