School: Tooreen (St. Brigid's)

Location:
Tooreen, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Áine Ní Fhlannagáin
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    in the east gable of the old Aughamore chapel, so he went to Aughamore and to his delight found the gold and went home rejoicing.
    There was another man in Kilmovee and he was digging in his garden and he dug up an oven of gold. It is said that the people buried it for safety.
    There was another man who was cleaning his barn and he saw a box behind the rafter and he climbed up and finding it was a box sovereigns and he was proud of his good luck.
    There was another man who was ploughing a field and he found a chalice, he showed it to his friends and they were afraid that it was ill luck and they
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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