1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Rockfield

School: Rockfield (roll number 15378)

Location:
Rockfield, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Caoimhín Ó Duibhín
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0174, Page 218

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0174, Page 218

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Rockfield
  2. XML Page 218
  3. XML “Local Treasure”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. Local Treasure (continued)

    Share Share Post
    (continued from previous page)
    loosely built wall blocking the way, They knocked this and entered what seemed like a large underground room. This was full of wooden boxes, all of the same size . They pushed towards to open it, and immediately they were attacked by a multitude of weasels which seemed to come from no-where. They gave battle with their clubs, as they afterwards related, but they were forced to retreat to the surface, their clothes being torn from their bodies.
    Next day, those who went to view the rath, saw that the place was soaked in blood, but not one body of a weasel was found. The owners of the land on which the cave is, blocked up the entrance to the cave with stoned and earth, and so it remains to this day.
    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
    Kathleen Gallagher
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Creevaun, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Hugh Gallagher
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    78
    Address
    Creevaun, Co. Sligo