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School: Mercy Convent, Granard (roll number 13846)

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Sr. Conception
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    and frighten them away. No one was brave enough to go on with the digging, and the "hidden Treasure" still remains there.
    The old people say, if you drank the juice of a weed named "crowfoot" that you could see the "Pot of Gold" plainly, but if you tried to lift it out of the ground that the cat would tear you to pieces.
    Rose Lynch, Age 12
    Creevy
    Granard,
    Co. Longford
    Obtained from
    Mrs Brigid Lynch, Age 42.
    Creevy, Granard, Co.Longford.
    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
    Rose Lynch
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    12
    Address
    Creevy, Co. Longford
    Informant
    Mrs Brigid Lynch
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    42
    Address
    Creevy, Co. Longford