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School: Lathaigh (Laghey)

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Laghy, Co. Donegal
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Proinsias Mac Pháidín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1032, Page 091

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  1. The Finding of a Treasure

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    One evening as we were all sitting round the fire. I asked daddy to tell me if he heard of any place where there was a hidden treasure and to tell me a story about it.
    He told me that in far off days old people hid their treasure in order that other people wouldn’t get them. Gold is supposed to be hidden under a stone in the side of the Moneymore road three pots of gold are supposed to be hidden under a stone a serpent is guarding it. There were people named Meehans supposed to go and dig up but when they reached the place they saw that there was a serpent guarding it. Then they had to come home. They never went away again to dig them. Some people say that they are
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Sarah Tunney
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Golard, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Mick Tunney
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Golard, Co. Donegal