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School: Newtown, Kells (roll number 5053)

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    One day a couple of men tried to dig it, and they suceeded in digging a great bit of the ground until they came to a mighty big rock.
    They broke some of the rock and they went home to their dinners, and when they came back, the whole place was covered with small stones and they could not find the place where they were digging.
    Nobody ever tried
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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
    James Sweeney
    Other names
    James Sweeney
    Seamus Mac Suibhne
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Goodwinsgarden, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    John Sweeney
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    45
    Address
    Goodwinsgarden, Co. Kilkenny