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School: Baile Bhriain

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Ballybryan, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
P. Ó Buachalla
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0802, Page 003

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    There was once a man whose name was Johnny Gordon. He lived in Clonmore, which is situated near Rhode, Offaly. He was more commonly known as the "Dane Gordon". One night he has a dream that gold was hidden in his garden. He passed no remarks on the dream. Having the same dream the second night he was determined to look for the treasure. In the dream it was pointed out to him to bring a certain man with him. It so happened he was not on friendly relations with this neighbour so he decided to bring another man instead. They started operations at midnight. After about an hour hard's hard digging they came upon a large flat stone. He
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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
    Sean Glennon
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Greenhills, Co. Offaly
    Informant
    James Conroy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Greenhills, Co. Offaly