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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0791, Page 92

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    within seven or eight feet of the ground. After some time the Bridge was knocked down and rebuilt. There was a night watchman named Peter Donnelly of Coolock to watch in case of an accident. He was at work for several weeks but saw nothing until one night he thought that he heard wings rustling. Curiosity made him leave the watch and to his great surprise he saw a uniformed soldier walking up and down on guard and a few inches from him was a cock stand over the place where the crock
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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
    Anthony Grogan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Yellow Walls, Co. Dublin