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School: Paulstown Convent (roll number 1915)

Location:
Paulstown, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Mother Benignus
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0861, Page 368

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  1. Story

    “Once upon a time there was a crowd of men working in a field near Mr. Brennan's Ballyvalden.”

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    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
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  2. Hidden Treasure

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    Two men went to dig for gold, when they were digging, they saw a man on horseback coming from the sky, one man got the holy water and sprinkled it upon the place, the man who was digging fell dead on the spot.
    There was a woman going for the cows one morning and she saw a box of gold in the field, she went home
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