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School: Dumha-chaisil

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Ballindoo or Doocastle, Co. Mayo
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Séamus Ó Dubhda
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0117, Page 198

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    there was a briar growing.
    Many people heard tell of this, but everyone was afraid to go near it, because it is said that there were three wild-cats guarding the gold.
    Night after night, this man was dreaming about the gold, and at last it began to trouble him, and he was afraid to tell any of the people of the house for fear they would go near the gold.
    One night one of his sons heard him talking about it to a neighbour.
    The next day he began to dig for the gold, and when he dug
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    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)
    2. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Roddy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballindoo or Doocastle, Co. Mayo