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School: Ballycumber (B.), St Ciaran's

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Ballycumber, Co. Offaly
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G. Ó Súilleabháin
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    and at length discovered the spot. They they killed the game cock and started to dig. When they were about two feet below the ground the woman fainted. As there was no sign of her reviving the men filled in the hole and abandoned their project. No trace of the hole could be discovered ever after. The key was kept by the woman until after her dealth when it was flung out by the people of the house. This story is still believed by the old people of the district and it is often retold beside the firesides
    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
    Joseph Concannon
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Bellair or Ballyard, Co. Offaly
    Informant
    Michael Henzey
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    61
    Address
    Cappanalosset, Co. Offaly