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School: Kilbegnet (roll number 1327)

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Kilbegnet, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Tomás Ó Briain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0261, Page 212

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    Derryhippoo Treasure No 2.
    Derryhippoo is a townland of the parish of Kilbegnet in the barony of Ballymore Co Roscommon, Kenny was a man who was cutting turf in the Derryhippoo bog. He had two slanes working and he felt a pot. Then he said "men, ye are called to the dinner. I am not feeling well to-day. I will stay here." The men went home. So he hid the pot again but the slanesmen got the track of it in the bank after him. The Kennys were very poor people before they got it but every day they were getting richer. Arthur Kenny Rushfield (35) is his great-grand-son.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Derryhippoo, Co. Roscommon
    Collector
    Mattie Joe Beirne
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    12
    Address
    Dunamon, Co. Roscommon