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School: An Dubh-Chearn (roll number 9534)

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Doochorran, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Bean Mhic an Ríogh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0226, Page 077

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  1. A Hidden Treasure (continued)

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    About sixty years ago there was a treasure got in my district. It was got under an oak tree in the townland of Mullaghboy. Once a man caught a fairy shoe maker working under this tree and the fairy said if he would let him go he would tell him where there was a treasure. He let him go and the fairy told him to go to a certain lake and to dig a hole beside it. He would get a tin box and to bring it home and put its contents into a pot and boil it. When it was boil to drink the soup and he would see the treasure.
    The man did this and when he drank the soup he saw the treasure under this tree. Next day he started to dig after digging for about two
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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
    Brigid Sutherland
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Toome, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Alex Sutherland
    Address
    Toome, Co. Leitrim