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School: Edmondstown (B.)

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Edmondstown, Co. Dublin
Teacher:
E. Douglas
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0797, Page 29

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  1. Festival Customs (continued)

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    catch the wren they go around the roads singing the Wren Song.
    St Patrick's Day
    This feast day falls on the 17th of March every year. All Irish people wear Shamrock on that day to honour St Patrick.
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  2. Hidden Treasures

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    Hidden Treasures.
    There is a hidden treasure up on Keogh's hill in Tibradden. Keogh's go out to look for it but they never find it. Many other people go up there in the summer to look for it also. The treasure has never been found. The treasure is supposed to be three Gold bars each three feet long.
    There is a hidden treasure under the Druid's rock in Mt Venus. There was an old chieftain buried under this rock and there was much treasure buried
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick O' Toole
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Rockbrook, Co. Dublin