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Sr. Patrick
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0829, Page 186

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    them to fight the Spirit. They commenced to dig the spot where the gold lay and after hard digging the spade struck metal. On the moment terrific noise arose and the lamp went out. The dog fled with fear. The men were terrified and were in doubt what to do. The bravest among them lit the lamp and there they saw the hole they had dug filled in again. They went home and never went to take the hidden treasure of Grange again
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Tom Hogan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Borris-in-Ossory, Co. Laois