1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Ballyjamesduff Convent

School: Ballyjamesduff Convent

Location:
Ballyjamesduff, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
Sr. Mary Theresa
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0996, Page 358

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0996, Page 358

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Ballyjamesduff Convent
  2. XML Page 358
  3. XML “Hidden Treasure”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. Hidden Treasure (continued)

    Share Share Post
    (continued from previous page)
    not go away with its owner but remained at home and it is still supposed to guard the hidden treasure and anyone who goes to dig for the treasure is sure to meet death if they are not strong enough to kill the blood-hound, but if luck is with them and they are able to out-do the hound, then all the gold and silver will belong to them.
    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
    Julia Fox
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Castlerahan, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Mr John Mc Girl
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Castlerahan, Co. Cavan