School: Scoil na mBráthar (roll number 16741)
- Location:
- New Ross, Co. Wexford
- Teachers: Aindrias Ó Caoilte Br Ó Cinnéide
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0897, Page 046
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- (continued from previous page)long time they thought that they were after hitting something.
They stopped digging for a while and they thought they heard something walking. The men were getting frightened then they saw a horse coming to them and they ran away.These men went home very frightened they left their picks and spades after them they got such a fright when they saw the horse. The next night they went out with some more men. They started to dig up the place because it was covered in.
The first thing they found was the picks and spades that the five men left after them the night before. The men that were there the night before were afraid of the horse. But the other were not until they saw the horse and then the ran as quickly as the men the night before. They did not get the treasure nor never tried any more.
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- Informant
- Mr James O' Sullivan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 48
- Occupation
- Publican
- Address
- Mountelliott, Co. Wexford
