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School: Mainistir Mhuigheó (C.) (roll number 14206)

Location:
Mayo Abbey, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Siobhán Ní Fhinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0100, Page 067

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    The is a district called Coolmeen a few miles from Mayo Abbey. A long time ago there were three families in a house together, as they were talking a voice came to the window and said that there was a hidden treasure under a tree in a fort and if those three people went to get it that night, one of them would lose his life, and if they waited until the third generation a white horse would draw it, there is a white horse in the village now and the family that owns him, expects that he will get
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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
    Kathleen Delaney
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Mayo Abbey, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mrs Killeen
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    50
    Address
    Mayo Abbey, Co. Mayo