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School: Páirc na bhFiadh (roll number 15585)

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Deerpark, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Lil Nic Dhonnchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0234, Page 09a

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    This is a story which I heard from a man named Thomas McHugh about a treasure in our field.
    It is said that old people saw lights all round the fort and small little men wearing red jackets riding horses and dancing. There was gold hidden in this fort. Nobody tried to dig it up. There was
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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
    Florrie Guthrie
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Harepark, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Thomas Mc Hugh
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    70
    Address
    Leam, Co. Roscommon