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School: Askill (roll number 5294)

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Askill, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Padraig Ó Treabhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0190, Page 340

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    their houses shouted our houses are on fire. They then started to run home and when they reached home and saw that their houses were the same as they left them, they said that they would never go near that place more that it was an unlucky place to go to and that the treasure should not be interfered with.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Mc Hugh
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Denis Nealon
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    65
    Address
    Drumnasreane, Co. Fermanagh