School: Ballyhack Convent
- Location:
- Ballyhack, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: An tSr Treasa
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0874, Page 192
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- (continued from previous page)great faith in these hidden hoards or enchanted treasures, they were generally believed to be contained within these old Raths, where some fairy-stricken thorn bush would mark their site and sometimes within the vicinity of the old ruined castles.The old popular traditons are brimful of these fabulous or enchanted crocks of gold. People in these days are far from been so credulous as their immediate ancestors. In the meantime the spells that antiquity have wove around the Raths bids well to preserve them intact to future generations. There is scarcely any to be found yet, hardly enough to break in upon their enchanted seclusion with plough or spade.If this old rath at Ballinabhowl or Battlestown was properly explored it might yield up some relics of that(continues on next page)
