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School: Achadh na Garron (Aughnagarron) (roll number 5603)

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0764, Page 369

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    There is a pass leading through those rocks into Granard which leads on to the Clough Road and when the man was going through these rocks he saw a white sheet spread out on the pass before him and it covered with gold.
    There was a turkey-cock turning the gold with his wings. The man looked round to see if there was anyone coming and when he looked again all had vanished.
    When the man came home he told his people about what he had saw and the old people said that if he had thrown a penny into the heap of gold or spit on it that all the gold would be his.
    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
    Anna Smyth
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Aghnagarron, Co. Longford
    Informant
    Mrs Pat Kiernan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    58
    Address
    Aghnagarron, Co. Longford