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School: Newtown, Kells (roll number 5053)

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Newtown (Shea), Co. Kilkenny
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    earth swallowed everyman that was digging.
    Soon after this two other men came to look for the treasure.
    They began to dig a hole next to the other hole. They remained digging until they came to a big thick flag.
    When they lifted the flag they saw a sheet of gold, but they could not take it, as they saw fairies playing around the gold and taking good care of it.
    The gold is still there but nobody cannot get it with the fairies.
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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
    Eamon Cass
    Other names
    Eamon Cass
    Eamon O Cais
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Newtown, Co. Kilkenny