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School: Liathdruim, Cill Mhichíl (roll number 4433)

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Leitrim, Co. Clare
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P. Ó Conbhaidhe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0601, Page 157

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    himself and a friend of his went in search of the gold. When they went to the place they got the speps and as they were drawing near the barrel they heard a noise and they thought the hill had fallen into the lake. They ran with their lives and they had not courage to come back. After that the same man dreamt the same thing again but he was afraid to return. So there was no more about the gold until about three years ago. Then the men of the locality spent a week digging the hill to try to find the opening to the cave, but they did not succeed.
    Some time later it was found out by an old prophecy that the real entrance to the cave was at the south-west of the hill where a spring was bursting
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Michael Lernan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cloonwhite South, Co. Clare
    Informant
    Patrick Lernan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cloonwhite South, Co. Clare