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School: Kilmyshal (roll number 14777)

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Kilmyshall, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
E. Mac Niocláis
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    there was any more gold in the same place. They could not find where they had dug before. There is supposed to be a pot of gold hidden there still. The field is called "The money field."
    Written by. Kathleen Atkinson
    Story told by.
    Christopher Atkinson. (56)
    Gurteen,
    Templeshanbo.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    One night I heard my uncle telling the neighbour about a pot of gold that was hidden in a field of ours not far from the house. He said that a sow was there minding it. About a hundred years ago there was a work-man throwing a ditch through the field and when he came with in about
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Slye
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Matthew Tyrrell
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Rossard, Co. Wexford