School: Baile Dháithí, Dunlavin

Location:
Davidstown, Co. Wicklow
Teacher:
Róisín Bhreathnach
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    third day when the two men got into conversation, one asked the other his business. So the man from Clonmore related his dream to his new friend. The second man described his dream, that if he could get to a certain place in the County Carlow under a small bush at the back of the house there he would find a crock of gold. The first man said nothing, only that he would have to get off home. But he did'nt tell his friend, it was he that lived in the
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Folktales index
    AT1645: The Treasure at Home
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Sheila Byrne
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Keadeen, Co. Wicklow
    Informant
    Joseph Byrne
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    c. 49
    Address
    Keadeen, Co. Wicklow