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School: Muine an Mheadha

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Monivea, Co. Galway
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Pádraic S. Ó hÓbáin
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    “In the village of Monivea there is an old bush...”

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    In the village of Monivea there is an old bush and it is said that if anyone dug it up they would get a pot of gold under it. One day a man went out and he began to dig and the ground opened and swallowed him up.
    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
    Peggy Lindsay
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Michael Noone
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    62
    Address
    Monivea Demesne, Co. Galway