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School: Baldwinstown

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Baldwinstown, Co. Wexford
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Ristéard Mac Plib
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0876, Page 348

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    About 30 years ago there was money hidden by someone unknown. It was supposed to be hidden in Shanoo. Several attempts have been made to unearth it. It consists of gold. One morning the pig was out in a little park behind the house. When the girl went out in the evening to bring in the pig she got a great surprise. When she was a little distance from the ditch she was a lot of shining things on the grass. She went over and found a number of gold sovereigns on the grass which the pig had rooted up. Her first attempt was to get the farm men to dig for the rest. She ran in
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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
    Bridgetown, Co. Wexford
    Informant
    Patrick Stafford
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    77
    Address
    Shanoo, Co. Wexford