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School: Achadh Mór

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Aghamore, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Seán P. Mac Shiúrtáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0112, Page 109

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    Hidden Gold
    There is a hole in the wall of the old church down in the graveyard of Aghamore. Once there was a man who lived in Westport and he dreamt three nights in succession that there was a horn of gold in the wall. He came to the old church in the graveyard and he found the horn of gold in the side-wall of the old church. He pulled it out of the side-wall and brought it home with him and the track of where he pulled the horn of gold out is to be seen there still. That is how the hole came to be in the side-wall of the old church in the graveyard.
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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
    Kathleen Wilson
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Killeen, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mr James Conboy
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Killeen, Co. Mayo