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School: Islandanny (roll number 5748/9)

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Rea, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Chatháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0406, Page 478

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    Treasure was also supposed to be buried under an elder tree in a small haggard adjoining the graveyard in Springmount. Several parties dug for the hidden treasure but nothing was found.
    A peculiar legend was attached to the finding of it - that was that it could not be found if dug for by day. All digging then was done by night.
    One night a big party started digging operations at night fall and continued to work for some hours until a mad bull coming from nowhere appeared on the scene and the diggers had to flee with their lives.
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    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
    Máighreud Ní Conchúbhair
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Rea, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Mr O Connor
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Duagh, Co. Kerry