School: Bán-Tír (C.) (roll number 2804)

On this page

1. Hidden Treasures (continued)

   

   Share Share Post

   (continued from previous page)

   to a stream of water. Just as they attempted to cross this stream they heard a cock crow three times. The cock seemed to be in the cave but the men did not see him. What they did see was an enraged bull at the other side of the water. They left the cage immediately.
   Denis Cronin, Glantane, Lombardstown, who is still living was one of the men who visited the cave to look for this treasure.

   

   Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.

   History Edit

2. Hidden Treasures

   

   Share Share Post

   

   You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.

   On the farm belonging to Patrick Keller. Banteer there is a fort. A friend of Mr. Keller's dreamt for a whole week that gold was hidden in this fort. Four men decided to visit the place and they went there about midnight. They started to dig for the treasure and after some digging reached a flag stone. Just as the men were about to raise the stone a bull suddenly appeared and made an attack on them. They ran off immediately and made no further attempt to unearth the treasure. The hole dug by the searchers is still to be seen.

   Save Cancel

   Transcription guide »

   By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.

   Topics

   1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
         1. folk belief (~2,535)
            1. treasure legends (~7,411)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mary Knightly

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Banteer, Co. Cork

   Informant

   Patrick Keller

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   62

   Address

   Loughlea, Co. Cork