School: Ballycumber (B.), St Ciaran's
- Location:
- Ballycumber, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: G. Ó Súilleabháin
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- (continued from previous page)cat spat into his face, but he did not mind it. As he was within reach of the crock a woman appeared on the middle of the floor.She had a tongs in her hand and she struck the man a deadly blow. The man feeling the pain screamed and roared out and they had to pull him out again. When he regained consciousness the priest fainted when he saw the blood on the man's forehead.Then the priest decided that they would leave the gold where it was. The man died a short time afterwards and was laid to rest in Tober church and the gold remains there even to the present day.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Joseph Horan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballycumber, Co. Offaly
- Informant
- Mr Joseph Molloy
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 48
- Address
- Derrynagun, Co. Offaly