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School: Harold (B.), Dalkey

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Dalkey, Co. Dublin
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M. Ó Maoláin
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    28-4-38 The Gold Rush
    One night a girl dreamt that she saw gold. She spread the news all over the place. there was a great rush for the gold. The gold was supposed to be in a cave on Killiney strand. The people searched the cave for the gold but they were very surprised when they saw the gold. They were only cats that were put in the cave. They had a glossy fur of gold
    Georgie Byrne
    (V Standard) from Mr Byrne
    21 White Villas
    age 42 years
    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)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Georgie Byrne
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Mr Byrne
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    42
    Address
    White's Villas, Co. Dublin