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1. Cistí Óir i bhFolach

   

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   I never heard of gold or silver hidden in this townland (Mountrivers). I heard people say that there was gold hidden in Dunmore Castle (near Doonbeg). There is gold hidden in Doughmore seashore.

   

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2. Cistí Óir i bhFolach

   

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   A man was told to look for gold in a hole that was under a bush with a black handle knife. He did as he was told. He began to cut the hole down deep and when he went down a distance it was full of red worms. He said that he would play a trick on a neighbour. He brought some of them in a tin can and threw them over a neighbour's window. The neighbour's coat was on the chair and the worms went into the pockets. When the neighbour got up in the morning ten gold sovereigns fell out of his pocket.

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   Topics

   1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
         1. folk belief (~2,535)
            1. treasure legends (~7,411)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Tomás Mac Craith

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Mountrivers, Co. Clare

   Informant

   Seán Mac Craith

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   86

   Address

   Mountrivers, Co. Clare

3. Cistí Óir i bhFolach - Note

   

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   Note: I heard old people say that others looking for hidden money found a large number of "black ciarógs", and in another case,"báirneach shells".

   

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