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School: Finternagh

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1004, Page 273

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  1. Hidden Treasure (continued)

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    this gold and they will get drowned in this lake.
    It is said that there is a crock of jewels hidden in Moybologue Moat. A few years ago people came to the Moat to look for it. They blew up the Moat with big guns. It is not known whether they got anything or not. The hole that they opened in the Moat is there yet. No grass grows on that spot.
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  2. Hidden Treasure

    “There is a hidden treasure in Mortimer's bog near Mullagh.”

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    There is a hidden treasure in Mortimer's bog near Mullagh. Two men had a dream about this treasure. So they planned to go there some night.
    This treasure is guarded by a grey-hound. They were supposed to throw some bread crumbs to the hound when they would
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maisie Gray
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Fartadreen, Co. Cavan