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School: Rush Hall, Mountrath (roll number 12231)

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Rush Hall, Co. Laois
Teacher:
P. Ó Lochlainn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0825, Page 340

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    There was a baker of gold down in the bottom of a bog hole in the Pike bog. There were a few men cutting turf with a man named Joseph Delaney. When they were gone home he was down about 8 spit when he found it. Down in Durrow one time there was a man and he had a dream and the dream was that out in the garden at a bush there was a pot of gold. The man went out next morning and found
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Phelan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Loran, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Christopher Phelan
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Loran, Co. Tipperary