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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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    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.
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    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 Horan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballycumber, Co. Offaly
    Informant
    Mr Joseph Molloy
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    48
    Address
    Derrynagun, Co. Offaly