School: Tattenclave

Location:
Tattintlieve, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
B. Ní Chróinín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0949, Page 036

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0949, Page 036

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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Brigid Corrigan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Calliagh, Co. Monaghan
    Informant
    Annie Corrigan
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    45
    Address
    Calliagh, Co. Monaghan
  2. There is gold on Fir Bréige Hill. It is a big hill that was made long ago. There were people long ago went to see it and they saw it. They took some of it and it was under a very big stone and there is plenty of gold under the big stone. Fairies came to it about seventeen years ago.
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