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School: Drong (roll number 15699)

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Drung, Co. Donegal
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Seán P. Mac Gabhann
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1117, Page 190

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    and lay behind the ditch until they went away.
    At that time the people hid their money everywhere because they were afraid on the Danes getting it. When these two men came came to this lump of briars they stopped and began to dig a hole, and dropped in this box, covered it in, and went away. The people were afraid to go near this place because they thought it was a dead child that they killed, and that they came there to bury it.
    Annie McLaughlin,
    Ballyargus,
    Redcastle,
    Co. Donegal.
    23-3-1938
    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
    Annie Mc Laughlin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballyargus, Co. Donegal