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School: Kilcomreagh (roll number 9429)

Location:
Kilcumreragh, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
B. Hickey
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0733, Page 142

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    following morning he went according to his dream to the place which was unknown to him but strange to say everything was just the same as he had seen in his dream. When he came to the particular bush he started to dig and when he was about to turn out the stone he heard the sound of horses hooves and he ran away very frightened. When he reached the gate in which he had gone out in he turned to look back and he saw that the horse dashed into the rock and was never seen any more. If the man insisted on getting the treasure he would have been killed. There was no gold ever been
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nellie Daly
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Joseph Scally
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    65
    Address
    Coolatoor, Co. Westmeath