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  1. The Hidden Treasure

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    The Hidden Treasure
    About twenty yards east of St. Attracta's well in Kilturra, there is a stone about three feet by two which is known by everybody in the neighbourhood as "The Bullán Stone"
    In the monastery nearby there lived monks and one day, tradition tells us, their chalice was stolen and hidden under this particular stone.
    For hundreds of years it remained there untouched because it was said that no lay person could touch a chalice.
    But about ten years ago,
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    2. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Flynn
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ogham, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Flynn
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ogham, Co. Sligo