School: Mocollop, Fermoy (roll number 16348)
- Location:
- Mocollop, Co. Waterford
- Teacher: Caitlín Ní Loingigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0634, Page 1D
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- (continued from previous page)When they heard that they went immediately and hid what money they had in Ballyduff Glen.
Several attempts have been made to unearth it by the people of Ballyduff but no one ever found it. When the Crottys were at the scaffold to be executed they asked if there was any man there from Ballyduff. A woman stood up but they said "Sit down woman we would not tell our secret to a woman"
The tresure consists of three big pots of gold. There is some kind of cloth around the pots.Betty Brennan lived alone in a cave in Araglen. She had lots of money. When she died she left the money in the cave.
After a few days men went to the caveto open it but the door was made of solid brick and nothing could(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Ellen Healy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Black, Co. Waterford
- Informant
- Mr Patrick Healy
- Address
- Black, Co. Waterford
