School: Cloncovid
- Location:
- Cloncovet, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: S. Savage
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- A Hidden Treasure.
At the foot of the hill named "Mullac Fada" in my fathers farm in Toome on the road leading from Gowna to Kilcogy, there is said to be a hidden treasure. It was hid by the fairies hundreds of years ago to protect it against the invaders.
No attempts were ever made to get this treasure as it was prophesied that a life would be lost at its finding. This treasure consisted of a pot of gold.
One day a man named Tom Farrell met a "gankunar" at the top of this hill. He was sitting(continues on next page)- Collector
- Rita Briody
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Toome, Co. Longford
- Informant
- Bernard Briody
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 84
- Address
- Toome, Co. Longford