School: Scoil na mBráthar (roll number 16741)
- Location:
- New Ross, Co. Wexford
- Teachers: Aindrias Ó Caoilte Br Ó Cinnéide
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0897, Page 047
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- (continued from previous page)hills the people say three men went to dig for it when they were down about half way a red bull appeared and they left it so.
On the bank of the river at the northern side of the Ferry Bridge there is gold hidden and silver. My father told me that four men went to dig for it when they were down about three quarter way a fierce looking wolf hound appeared to them. They were frightened they went home and got a ball of woollen thread and they wet it with holy water and placed it round the hole and nothing appeared after but they did not get the treasure. In the Island pill near Mac Murrough there is gold and money hidden under the water ground.
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- Informant
- Mr William Hollern
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Occupation
- Farmer
