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School: An Cnoc (B.) (roll number 16122)

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Knock, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Tomás Ó Riain
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    There is a fort in the village of Wingfield. It is situated in Tom Kearns' land. There is a thorn bush growing on one corner of it. people say that there is gold buried beside the thorn bush. Tom Kearns was told he should dig for the gold. He did not answer, but went home and got a spade and began to dig. He was digging for a while and at last his spade struck a stone, as he was raising up the stone he heard a voice saying to leave it down again or it would kill him.
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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
    Thomas Dolan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Knock, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    John Morley
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    56
    Address
    Drum, Co. Mayo