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School: Baldwinstown

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0876, Page 334

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    Once upon a time when the Friars were leaving the castle of Clonmines they buried gold and other things in case the soldiers would take them, because it was the soldiers who were making them leave the castle. A long time after people made an attempt to dig it up, but failed. There was a hound guarding the gold. Every night a light used to be seen. As soon as the people started to dig the hound came, and they did not try it any more. A man by the name of Watty McGray told some people about it. One night they prepared for it. They got holy water, and other things. This was a long time after the first attempt and the hound had disappeared
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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
    Alice Hore
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Newtown, Co. Wexford
    Informant
    Walter Doyle
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    79
    Address
    Clonmines, Co. Wexford