School: Béal Átha an Dá Chab

Location:
Ballydehob, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Risteárd Ó Lighin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0291, Page 007

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    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Lyons
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Skull, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Kitty Calahane
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Gunpoint, Co. Cork
  2. A treasure is hidden in my district, and it is gold. Some of it was found by a man named John Levis. The man is dead now but his children are living. The ground where the gold was found was empty underneath. It was found in a place called the Reen. It is owned now by Corneilus Lucey.
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