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School: Cluain Cátha (roll number 2243)

Location:
Cloncaw, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
P. Ó Hanluain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0961, Page 210

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  1. A Story (continued)

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    in it. He walked up towards them and they shouted "look" James Kelly is dropping yarn." He looked behind him to see had he and then looking back saw nobody. The fairies had got away when he was looking behind him. If he had kept his eyes on them they would have shown where the gold was hidden.
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  2. Story of Monmurry Lake

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    There is a very deep pond beside Minmurry lake. There is a castle at the bottom of it and a crock of gold beside it. Divers went down to see it and they could not go near it because there was a big bird bigger than a crow sitting on top of the gold guarding it.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    2. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mrs Boyle
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Killyrean Upper, Co. Monaghan