School: Losad

Location:
Losset, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Úna Bean Uí Laoghaire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1072, Page 295

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  1. Not far from my home above a little lake called Lough Leighlinifin are three holly trees about twenty yards apart. Under some one of them a crock of gold is supposed to be hidden. It was said that this crock of gold was to be discovered by a red haired man and that when he would find it he would drop dead. The "wee folk" are supposed to be sitting there all the time waiting for the red-haired man to show him where the crock of gold is hidden.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Agnes Kerr
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Losset, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    James Gallagher
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    48
    Address
    Bellville or Gartan, Co. Donegal