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School: Presentation Convent, Lucan

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Lucan, Co. Dublin
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Sr Gabriel
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0793, Page 68

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    It happened that a farmer living in Ballyowen told a man by name of John Brown to clean the ditches all round his farm. One day as John was cleaning this certain ditch he found a large stone as he thought, but after a short time he found out that it was three crocks of silver, he was overjoyed and ran as fast as he could to the farmer.
    When the farmer heard the good news he claimed the crocks of silver but John refused to give him the crocks. They fought for hours and at last they decided to divide the silver between them. The money was a great help to John as he was very poor and had
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Ballyowen, Co. Dublin
    Collector
    Mary Greene
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballydowd, Co. Dublin
    Informant
    Mr Sheridan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Occupation
    Harness-maker
    Address
    Ballydowd, Co. Dublin