School: Killadangan (roll number 4854)

Location:
Killadangan, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Máire Bean Uí Domhnaill
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    had so much of it." He continued diging all day long but his work was in vain, so he was so sure of the gold, that he would almost dig all night in order to find the treasure quickly.
    He kept diging (all) for about a fortnight and by this time he had all the garden dug and as he did not succeed in finding the treasure he stood up in the middle of the garden scratching his head, and said a Dream will come to a man quicker than gold.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Language
    English
    Collector
    James Salmon
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Deerpark West, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Tom Gannon
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    81
    Address
    Murrisk, Co. Mayo