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School: Drumlease (roll number 15382)

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0201, Page 165

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  1. O'Rourke's Hidden Treasures

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    When Hamilton the English tyrant was in pursuit of ORourke it is said that ORourke hid his treasures in a place in ORourke's table. This particular place in ORourke's table is called "Poll a Ding Dong". It is called Ding Dong, because if you threw in a stone into this hole you will hear the echo of it going down like "Ding Dong".
    It is that there is a monster guarding below in bottom of "Pull a Ding Dong". One night a very brave man was on his way home and he said he would go down in "Pull a Ding Dong" to find ORourke's treasures.
    This man's name was MacSharry. He plunged into the
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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 O' Neill
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kilcoosy, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Thomas O' Neill
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kilcoosy, Co. Leitrim