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  1. Hidden Treasure in Cloun Eilte (continued)

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    a hidden treasure behind this stone. The "poor Scholar" was a native of Ballingarry and he went home to get a couple of men to help him to find the hidden treasure. While he was away, another man who had heard him reading the "Ogham" took down the stone, and behind it he found a great quantity of "church silver". As he was coming out of the monastery, the "poor scholar" had arrived with his company. When he found out that the other man had taken the treasure, he exclaimed "you are a wiser man than me". The poor scholar and his company went home downhearted and weary. While the man who had got the money full of
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Clonelty, Co. Limerick
    Collector
    John Mc Cann
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Teernahilla, Co. Limerick
    Informant
    James Harold
    Gender
    Male