School: Mághthobair (Mohober), Dúrlas Éile (roll number 7048)
- Location:
- Maigh Thobair, Co. Thiobraid Árann
- Teacher: Máirtín Ó Mathghamhna
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- Collector
- Seán Manog
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 13
- Informant
- Mr J. Manogue
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 41
- Address
- Maigh Thobair, Co. Thiobraid Árann
- Some people say, that there is a pot of gold hidden under some tree in Harley Park. One day, two men went down to dig for it. While digging they heard the sound of hounds and horses coming to the field. They faced towards Ballintaggart wood, and the two men followed the hunt, and when they reached the wood, they heard nothing but the rustling of the leaves. They came back again, and they saw a big flag where they were digging, and under this flag the pot of gold was supposed to be. They tried to take it up but they failed. They had to get a third man's help to raise it up, and when they did so, they found that it was full of ivy underneath of gold. They had to get the third man to take up the flag, and it is said(continues on next page)