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   gold sovereigns in the bottom of it. He was very great to a farmer in England and he brought it over and gave it to him as a present. Then he and his wife lived happy together all their life.

   I got this hidden treasure from Mr. John Tormey Williamstown Co Galway Ireland

   My own name is:- Matt Geraghty, Williamstown, Co. Galway, Ireland.

   

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   There was once a woman and she was very sick and the doctor ordered her to go away to some seaside. So she went and she brought her two children with her. They were very poor and they did not enjoy themselves like the other children that were at the seaside. One day they were playing down amongst the rocks. The girl was weaving a lovely necklace and she lost it in the rocks, and her brother searched all day long for it. After a long time her brother looked down between two rocks and he saw it below. Then he called for his sister and they both pulled back the rock and

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   Topics

   1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
         1. folk belief (~2,535)
            1. treasure legends (~7,411)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Matt Geraghty

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Williamstown, Co. Galway

   Informant

   Mrs Geraghty

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   55

   Address

   Williamstown, Co. Galway