School: An Clochar, Roscrea

Location:
Roscrea, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
An Mháthair M. Ní Thuathaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0549, Page 005

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  1. About the year 1650 there were no banks and the people hid money under stones or bushes or buried it. About this time money is supposed to have been hidden in a field now belonging to Mr. Stanley in Scart. It is supposed to be hidden beside a stone. A small
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Madeline Minogue
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Parkmore, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Mr John Maher
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    c. 67
    Address
    Grange, Co. Tipperary