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School: Manulla (Cailíní)

Location:
Manulla, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Máire Bairéad
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0095, Page 377

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    always said- "I swalled it" and that was all the informantion anhbody got from him.
    The day before he died his wife asked him once more where he had his money and he asked her to give him his waistcoat. She had hidden it away for fear of the neighbous would see it because it was all coverred with patches- not very neatly put on. Then she found it for him and he put it inside him in the bed.
    Just before he died he flung the waistcoast to his wife who was just coming to the bed-side but she failed to catch it and it slipped to the ground. When it fell something jingled inside patches but no-body too any notice of ti
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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
    Teresa Murphy
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs Murphy
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    65
    Address
    Manulla, Co. Mayo