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School: Cnoc an Teampoill (B.), Ráth Luirc

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Domhnall Breathnach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0366, Page 007

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    you, but the treasure you will never get, unless you give me half. To this they would not consent, so they tried to reason with her, and offered her £5, if she would give them the required information. She refused, so an offer of £40 was made, but all to no avail.
    The young men decided to return home as they considered the fortune-tellers demand beyond all reason. When leaving the witch said "You are leaving. You will return again but no trace of me will you find."
    When they reached home they told the mother all that happened, and she advised them to seek out the witch
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    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
    Collector
    Thomas Nunan
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Tim John Browne
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kanturk, Co. Cork