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School: Church Hill, Cuffe's Grange (roll number 5927)

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Church Hill, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Tomás Ó Floinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0854, Page 160

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    and some copper. When they got these they thought they would get more. They were digging hard when they came on something like a stone.
    They dug around it and then tried to pull it up but they could not. After a while they discovered it was a lead coffin. They could not dig below it and so they were disappointed they could not open it. They covered in their hole.
    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
    Seán Marnell
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballybur, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    Sean Mc Evoy
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    61
    Address
    Baunlusk, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    Patrick Marnell
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballybur, Co. Kilkenny