School: Montpelier, O'Brien's Bridge (roll number 14875)

Location:
Montpelier, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Liam Ó Tuama
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    there was a big cut of bread left behind him on the furrow. Then they turned back all the field and it was never ploughed since.
    IV. There is a big stone in Burkes field. They say that there is gold hidden under it. When people went to look for it they saw the Divils horns under the stone. The people ran away frightened and when they returned the stone was back in its place again.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    2. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
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  3. VI. An old man and woman lived in a wood and they had a son and his name was Jack. This day Jack went out in the wood picking sticks and he saw a hare eating clover and he said to
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