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School: Baldwinstown

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0876, Page 325

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    Many years ago three men dug for gold in the church field in Ambrosetown. They took a bottle of holy water with them and a piece of string which had been steeped in holy water and placed it around the hole.
    One of them kept the bottle and shook it, occasionally, whilst the others dug. Before the digging was commenced one of them placed the string around the hole and recited the following words three times.
    "Stand back Satan, I defy you".
    Just as the digging was begun
    (continues on next page)
    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
    Alice Hore
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Newtown, Co. Wexford
    Informant
    John Doyle
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ambrosetown, Co. Wexford