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School: Béal Átha Feorainne (C.) (roll number 15653)

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Ballyforan, Co. Roscommon
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Áine Bean Uí Chuillin
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    Hidden Treasures.
    Hidden Treasures are to be found in all the Forst in Ireland. There is a Fort in Melford near Creggo, and it is supposed that it is filled with Hidden Treasures bags of gold and valuable things.
    It is said that when a man was going to a fair long ago a fairy gave him a bag of gold out of that Fort.
    There is also a Fort in Tunpane and it is said that there are pots of gold hidden
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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
    Peggie Rogerson
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Derreen, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Mrs Rogerson
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Derreen, Co. Galway