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Tóin an tSeanbhaile, Co. Mayo
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Pádhraic Mac Pháidín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0086, Page 246

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    to go in. The man said of any one would go in with him and to bring a plank with hem to go a cross the water that he would go in farther.
    Some one said that he would go in and they went in, they kept going in until they came to a house, there were two rooms in it and they went in to one of the rooms and there was a stone bed in it and they also got stone instruments. The first man that went in to the cave kept the instru-ments and no one knew where he put the instruments.
    Mr. Jim Gallagher
    Valley N.S. Dugort P.O.,
    Westport, Co. Mayo.
    19-11-37
    I heard this story from
    Mr. Michael Gallagher
    Valley, Dugort P.O.,
    Westport, Co. Mayo.
    Still alive at 60 years.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mr Jim Gallagher
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Mr Michael Gallagher
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Tóin an tSeanbhaile, Co. Mayo