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1. Hidden Gold in Creevagh Graveyard

   

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   I was told of a pot of gold that was hidden in Creevagh graveyard. It is said that a man from Toher was one night walking along the road when a voice came to him. The voice told him to go to Creevagh graveyard before the sun would rise in the morning. The voice told him that there was a hawthorn bush opposite the old Chapel door. There was no dew on the grass on the spot under the bush where the gold is. There are two white rats minding the gold and no one could get it. There was a certain time that the rats would be gone and the man had to be there while the rats were gone or he could not get the gold. The man was not supposed to tell anybody or he could not get the gold. When he went home

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   Language

   English

   Collector

   Pádhraic Ó Cuinneagáin

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Togher More, Co. Galway

   Informant

   Mairtín Ó Cuinneagáin

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   53

   Occupation

   Feirmeoir

   Address

   Togher More, Co. Galway