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School: Earl Darnley (roll number 13573)

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Athboy, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Siubhán Ní Loichéid
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0696, Page 170

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    day a tramp told him that if he went to a milestone which was somewhere outside his gate and took it up, he would find lots of money. Mr Kearney did not believe the story, but one day he had nothing to do and he went to this milestone about which the tramp told him, and he found a lot of gold.
    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
    Mabel Booker
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Crossakeel, Co. Meath
    Informant
    Marie Weir
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Clonmellon, Co. Westmeath