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School: Inistioge (B.) (roll number 1916)

Location:
Inistioge, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Máirtín Breathnach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0859, Page 089

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    people were chased away by a mad bull who always guarded it. This made them more determined than ever. One party got ropes blessed by a priest and spread them around the tree under which the money was, and commenced to dig. Soon they heard the roaring of a bull which came nearer every minute. Just as they came to an iron box the bull appeared in the branches of the tree belching down fire upon them. They left all their implements after them, and ran for their lives. No one else tried to get it, and it is there to this day. They would have got the treasures but the branches of the tree were wider than the rope and this enabled the bull to enter it.
    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
    John Cotterell
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kilcullen, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    Mr James Dowling
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Address
    Kilcullen, Co. Kilkenny