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School: Garbally, Banagher

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Garbally, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
D. Ryder
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0817, Page 019

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    away by an unnatural looking cat. The treasure is supposed to consist of gold and silver. No one has ever seen this treasure. This treasure is supposed to be guarded by a black cat. This cat was unnatural looking. She was black in colour. There was a white thorn bush growing where the cat was supposed to be. This bears the name of the "cats bush". In olden times people would not pass this bush. The would be led astray by a light. This light jumped about and the person who saw it was forced to follow it. This sometimes continued for hours and finally the light disappeared.
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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
    Bridgid O Brien
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Banagher, Co. Offaly
    Informant
    Thomas Holloway
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    69
    Address
    Garrycastle, Co. Offaly