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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