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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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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0079, Page 038

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    “It is said that there was a big stone in Currintarmidh and that a man tried to dig it up but he failed...”

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    It is said that there was a big stone in Currintarmidh and that a man tried to dig it up but he failed, so he went home and got his horses and some chains and he tied the chains to the stone and the horses pulled up the stone and he found two pots of gold.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Tommy Murphy
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Mrs Murphy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Monivea Demesne, Co. Galway