School: Clifferna
- Location:
- Clifferna, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Sister Mc Ardle
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1021, Page 044
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- (continued from previous page)It is said if anyone attempted to get it they would be seized upon by a black cat who would scrape the eyes out of the attempter.
This crock of gold is there since the time of the Tuatha Dé Dananns. It was never known who put it there.
Not so long ago a man tried to get it but in making an effort he saw the black cat coming and he had to go back. There is a lone bush growing at the spot where the gold is.
