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School: Páirc na Coille

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Woodfield, Co. Roscommon
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Énrí Ó Maolagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0233, Page 165

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  1. Hidden Treasure

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    An enormous pot of gold lies hidden in the townland of Smutterna of Ardcarn, in the County of Roscommon. Deep down in the earth under a spreading chestnut tree, lies that pot of gold. About twenty years ago a man named Luke Mac Loughlinn dreamt that under a certain tree in his garden there was a pot of gold covered over by a large flat flagstone. He dreamt of it three nights in succession.
    On the fourth morning he set out early with his loy and
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Tom Mc Manus
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Derrynadooey, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Tim Gaffney
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    75