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School: Convent of Mercy, Moville (roll number 9278)

Location:
Moville, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Sr. Celestine Clarke
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1119, Page 204

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    Fairy Gold.
    Long ago the people of Moville in Co. Donegal believed that there were lots of gold under certain trees.
    This is the story of this old belief. There was a man that lived in Moville. One day he went for a walk through the glen. He went into it until he was about half a mile distant. He then came to one of the trees that the gold was supposed to be under. He went home and got an axe and he cut down the tree. He found a lot of gold and it was supposed to be the fairies that left the gold there for poor people. The man took the gold home and he was rich from that day till the day he died.
    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
    Frances Molloy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Moville, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Mr George Orr
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Moville, Co. Donegal