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School: Cúlfada (roll number 13763)

Location:
Culfadda, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Liam Barún
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    that a life must be lost before it can be found. It is guarded by a serpent or a cat and who ever is courageous enough to kill this guardian will be amply rewarded with three pots of gold. I have never heard that any attempt has been made to recover this for so far. It is not known exactly what its value contains but some have estimated it to be worth thousands of pounds.
    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)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    B. Kevil
    Gender
    Unknown
    Address
    Lisconwy, Co. Sligo