School: Murher (B.) (roll number 13540)

Location:
Murher, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Tomás Ó Conaill
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  1. Years ago the sands at the Castle had many workmen, and each of the workmen had a house and a few cows. One day one of the women missed one of her cows, and she went along the Glen looking for her cow. She went into a cave that she never saw before. She was walking along the cave looking for her cow. At last she looked around and she saw a big heap of gold. She put her shasil on the cave and ran for help. When she returned to the cave it was closed. The people told her if she threw a fist of earth on the gold it would stay there.
    Con Quinn
    Told by
    Micheal Quinn
    Leitrim
    58yrs
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Con Quinn
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Michael Quinn
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    58
    Address
    Leitrim East, Co. Kerry