School: Cill Fhínghín (roll number 16222)

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Killeeneen More, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Ceallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0033, Page 0248

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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Michael Costello
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Rinn, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Martin Lillane
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    62
    Address
    Ballynabucky, Co. Galway
  2. There lived a man named Tom Larkin in Boorin Glass near Craughwell. He heard that there was a pot of Gold hidden under a tree that was near an old castle. He went to dig for the gold but when he went near the tree there was an old woman sitting down under the tree. He got
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