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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0230, Page 124

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    (continued from previous page)
    the spot where the hidden treasure was. He was also told in his dream that the treasure consisted of a Crock of Gold, coins a top boot and three bars of solid gold which he was to bring to a merchant in Carrick-on-Shannon named Costello.
    This man Tommy Simon did as he was told in his dream and found the treasure exactly as it was described in his dream. That was the end of his poverty.
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    A brother of the giver of the above story dreamt on three successive nights that there was a hidden treasure in his turf bank. He was told in his dream that a short depth down in the bank there was
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Leo Layden
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Derrinisky, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Mrs Ellen Keaveney
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    57
    Address
    Greaghnafarna, Co. Roscommon