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School: Drumconrath (C.) (roll number 16144)

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Drumcondra, Co. Meath
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Úna Ní Chongbhaile
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    In the town land of Clonberton. not far from where I live there is a mount. There was a man in that district who dreamt there was a crock of gold under a stone in the mount. One night at twelve o'clock he went up to remove the stone, and to his great surprise a hare jumped from behind the stone and kept running round him. So he got frightened and ran home,nobody ever looked for the gold since.
    There is a fort in the townland of Clonberton, the man that owned the farm on which it stood,sent his men to clear away the fort. They found a lot of white mice so he closed it up, and would not let them interfere with it.
    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
    Sarah Dowdall
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    14
    Informant
    Mrs Dowdall
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    50
    Address
    Clonbartan, Co. Meath