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School: Ballinakill (C.) (roll number 896)

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Ballinakill, Co. Laois
Teacher:
Eilís Ní Cheirín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0831, Page 097

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    A farming man and woman came from Aharney one summer evening. They told the family that was living in Moate that they dreamt there was a casket of gold hidden at the back of their house and that they were to get up at sun rise the following morning and in the corner of the field where there was a barbary tree growing they were to dig for the supposed gold.
    The people of the house asked them to stop that night. This man and woman told them to call them but they did not. They went out and dug themselves and found a casket of gold. When the man and woman got up they denied they dug or got the gold. When the man and woman were going home they gave them a firkin of butter pretending sympathy for them coming such a long
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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 Moran
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballinakill, Co. Laois
    Informant
    Mrs J. Moran
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    48
    Address
    Ballinakill, Co. Laois