School: Termon

Location:
Termon, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
Mrs Cooney
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0980, Page 112

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0980, Page 112

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    Treasure is supposed to have been hidden. It was placed there by some old people, and they placed it there for safety.

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    When he was in his sleep one night he dreamt that there was gold under a little rock. When he rose next day he got a spade and a shovel, and he started to dig. When he went down about five feet he got a bucket and when he looked in the bucket there wuas one hundred pounds in it.
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    About one hundred and tewnty year's ago there was a Church on Smith's rock.

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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Mc Dermott
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    James Mc Gahern
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Aghadreenagh, Co. Cavan