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School: Cavangarden (roll number 16511)

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Cavangarden, Co. Donegal
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Rebecca C. R. Mitchell
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1030, Page 3

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    In the townland of Tubber, in a field belonging to Mr. Anderson under a large, flat stone there is supposed to be gold hidden. It was supposed to be hidden there by the Danes. She cannot discover why. Her grandfather and some other men dug and came upon a large flag. Then they got weak and had to leave it. The supposed value is thousands upon thousands of pounds.
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    On the main Ballyshannon, Ballintra road about one mile from Ballintra there is a townland called Ballymagroarty. There is a house belonging to Mr. Maggee. Behind this house there is supposed to be a large stone with gold buried under
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Annie Kerrigan
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mr John Vance
    Gender
    Male