School: Cnoc na Manach, An Mhainistir Bhán, Cionn tSáile (roll number 1391)

Location:
Knocknamanagh, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Dáithí de Barra
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    and smoke rising from it.
    Another man went to get the treasure. When he got into the lios he heard a noise under-ground which frightened him. No other body made an effort to get these treasures. They were supposed to be put there by the Danes. This lios is in the town land of Farrenbrien.
    Where the smoke was seen a hollow is still in the middle of the lios.
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  2. There was a man lived at the Old Head of Kinsale. He dreamt three nights that he would find a crock of gold after a pair of grey horses in Limerick. He went to Limerick and he found the pair of grey horses ploughing. He followed the horses for three days. When the man that owned the horses saw him he asked
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Folktales index
    AT1645: The Treasure at Home
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Pauline Barry
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tubbrid, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Mr George Kingston
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballyfeard, Co. Cork