School: Listellick, Tráighlí

Location:
Listellick North, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Domhnall Ó Súilleabháin
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    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mr John Healy
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    84
    Address
    Lissanearla West, Co. Kerry
  2. About 5 years ago two of the McKennas were cutting turf in Ray Bog (Réidh Bog). They discovered a bangle inside a newly cut sod of turf. They took it home and they kept it for a few months. They sent it to the museum in Dublin from where they received 5£ for it.
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  3. There is a man in Curranough named John Fitzgerald, he has a small farm. One day about 2 years ago he was ploughing one of this fields called the "Rushy Field." He found what he thought was a gold coin. He sent it on to the museum in Dublin from where he got 2£ for it.
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