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School: Templeorum, Piltown (roll number 6289)

Location:
Templeorum, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
P. Hickey
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0841, Page 066

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    man was coming home from the fair of Carrick one cold wintry night. He saw a light in a fence. He knew about the money. He thought where the light was shining the money was hidden. He went home and got a spade and began to dig. He was just leaving down the spade to dig when he heard noise. He ran home as fast as he could and he never tried to look for it again.
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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
    Dick Dalton
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Jamestown, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    Michael Dalton
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Jamestown, Co. Kilkenny