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School: Longueville, Malla (roll number 11332)

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Longueville, Co. Cork
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Caitlín Ní Dhonnchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0364, Page 271

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    In Kilmaclennan near Buttevant, they say there is golden gates buried in a high hill They say if you were passing there late you would see men digging. Several men went to dig for them and they died. Once a man went to dig and when he came home and he dropped dead. The people made a song about it.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Dolly Coakley
    Gender
    Female