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School: Ballinagh (C.)

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Bellananagh, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
M. Ní Chonchobhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0990, Page 151

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    he started digging and after some time they came upon a great stone which they removed and found the great treasure of gold.
    At one time a neighbour of mine had a dream of a treasure that was hidden in the centre of a fort and he dreamt three nights after other about so at-last he was persuaded by his wife to try his luck digging as directed in his dream so on the following night he proceeded to the place where his dream had directed him and began at once to dig in the centre of the fort after a time he became nervous as he proceeded he became more afraid but the lure of the treasure kept him hard at work until he eventually succeeded
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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
    Mary K. Sheridan
    Gender
    Female