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School: Barratitoppy (roll number 14664)

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Barratitoppy Lower, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
S. Ó Néill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0954, Page 136

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    Hidden Treasure.
    There is a treasure of a crock of gold in George MacKenna's land. How they found it out. A fortuneteller told them that there was a crock of gold over on the hill under a lone bush. That might be a hundred years ago since he told them. He told them that, if they would go in the dead of the night with a blessed candle and the holy water and root out the tree and dig under it they shoud find it but a attempt was made.
    Bernard MacKenna,
    Scotstown,
    Co Monaghan
    Told by,
    Joe MacKenna, 63 years
    Dernasell,
    Scotstown,
    Co Monaghan
    16/3/38
    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
    Bernard Mac Kenna
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Scotstown, Co. Monaghan
    Informant
    Joe Mac Kenna
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    63
    Address
    Derrynasell East, Co. Monaghan