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School: Clonmacnoise

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Clonmacnoise, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
P. Ó Maolmhuaidh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0812, Page 033

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  1. The Clan Fights (continued)

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  2. The Treasure

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    One night I asked my father to tell me a story and he told me the following. He said that in a field bedside Clonmacnois, there is supposed to be a crock of gold buried under the soil, and there is a black cat minding it.
    He said that if ever any person went to dig for the gold that the black cat would attack him and tear the eyes out of his head. So one evening a man said to his son that they would go dig for the gold. They
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