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Ballindoo or Doocastle, Co. Mayo
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Séamus Ó Dubhda
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0117, Page 196

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    may come to the fort with a pick-axe and spade and dig up the stone.
    When he digs two feet of clay he will find a copper box containing eighteen pennies.
    Then immediately he will see the cat and he must now run as fast as he can to his house.
    Before leaving his house he must put red pokers in the fire.
    Five minutes after he has reached his destination, the cat comes in and then the tussle begins.
    If the man succeeds in killing the cat, he may go to the fort next night and get the gold.
    But like every other
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    2. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nan Quigley
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Quarryfield, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Thomas Gormley
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Bunnanaddan, Co. Sligo