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School: Cill Chothrach, An Sciobairín

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Kilcoe, Co. Cork
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Tadhg Ó Spealáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0294, Page 226

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    friend's house, he heard a bark of a dog. He was greatly afraid.
    The dog followed him as far as his own house and there he disappeared. The man went in home and after a few days he died.
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    Once upon a time a woman who was very rich died and one of her sons asked for some of her wealth before she died, and he got it all
    A few days after the woman was buried, her son buried the gold in a field.
    Next day he went to look at it for he was afraid someone might take it away.
    When he came near the field he was surprised to see a
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Keating
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Dennis Keating
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    74
    Address
    Hollyhill, Co. Cork