School: Ballybay (B.) (roll number 10574)
- Location:
- Béal Átha Beithe, Co. Mhuineacháin
- Teacher: C. Mac Pártholáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0938, Page 233
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- The Folk lore collectors have been hunting for some time and by now must have amassed quite a collection but as some parts of the island have contributed nothing it is hoped through the efforts of school children to enlarge on present store
Hidden treasure may be in the nature of rhymes, riddles, or old teaching stories, that is, those with a moral, such as the "The Little Red Man and the Ragwort" or "Whang the Miller" Again, it may be valuables buried by some miser or half wit
Around Ballybay many stories of the latter type are told, but as to their accuracy, none but the aged pensioner can verify I've heard of a golden Gorget or Torc that was uneathered in knappagh Grounds - the once(continues on next page)
