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School: Killashandra

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Killashandra, Co. Cavan
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P. Ó Leannáin
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    four men went to remove it and they were told by older men that there was to be a life lost at the finding of the gold. They brought a hen with them and they killed her but they were unable to remove it for the want of more help and they never took on the job again as they considered that it would take six people to remove it.
    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
    Informant
    Thos. Reilly
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    39
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Derries Lower, Co. Cavan