School: Cluain Meacan (roll number 11451)

Location:
Cloonmackon, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Liam Ó Catháin

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0406, Page 299

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There is a fort in Bill Connor's land and it is nearly cleared away now.

There is a fort in Bill Connor's land and it is nearly cleared away now. About fifty years ago there was a dummy going from house. In one house he saw a child playing with slates and he took one of the slates and got mail and began to write on the slate and this is what he wrote. There is money hidden in the fort and if any one went looking for it they should go on a Saturday night and before digging they should get holly branches and stick them around in a ring and tie flax thread from branch to branch and shake forge

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Collector
Bill Sullivan
Gender
male
Address
Kylebwee, Co. Kerry
Informant
John Leahy
Gender
male
Age
74
Address
Dromin, Co. Kerry
Language
English