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School: Páirc na Coille

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Woodfield, Co. Roscommon
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0233, Page 184

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    Hidden Treasure
    There was once upon a time a man of the name of Kearn's in the Parish of Gevagh and County of Sligo. This man had cattle grazing with an other man the name of Farrell His daughter Mary Kearn's used to milk the cows every evening. There was a lot of rocks in the field
    Three night's in succession she dreampt that if she looked for it, she would find a bar of gold under a certain rock. Prompted by curiosity she pulled away the moss from the rock and found what she thought to be a bar of iron
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    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
    Collector
    Joseph Martin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Woodfield, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    John Andrew Martin
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    45
    Address
    Woodfield, Co. Roscommon