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School: Clochar na Toirbhirte, Lic Snámha (roll number 11849)

Location:
Lixnaw, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
An tSr. Gabriel
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0410, Page 358

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  1. Forts - The Fort of the Spancils (continued)

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    One morning the maid went out to milk the cows in the fort. She saw gold under a tree. She put her spancil on the branch of one of the trees in the fort to mark the place where the gold was and then went in to tell her master. When they returned again the trees were covered with golden spancils and she could not make out her own one. They searched for the place where the gold was but could not find it.
    There is another story connected with this fort. One night a man in the village dreamt that gold was hidden
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eileen Browne
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lixnaw, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Mr J. Sheehan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    65
    Address
    Finuge, Co. Kerry