School: An Corrbhaile

Location:
Corbally, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Máirtín Mac Coitir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0627, Page 342

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0627, Page 342

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    Cree. He had a dream three nights in succession. The dream was that there was a pot of gold hidden in a lios near Clohanes school. The mans name was Martin Cahill. He told his story to a friend of his named Patcheen Walsh. One night about eleven o clock they both set out taking with them crow bars shovels, pick axes and a big black dog. When they arrived at the place, it was about half past twelve the dead hour of the night. They started to dig in their best. Now one thing about those two men they were not afraid. They were questioning themselves as they went along about it. After a while Patcheen hit
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Gerald Harvey
    Gender
    Male