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1. Hidden Treasure in Tawnytaskin

   

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   About the year 1815 an English soldier stationed in Bengal dreamed three nights in succession about a treasure which was buried on a round hill near the river Boyle in a townland called Tawnytaskin in the Parish of Boyle Co. Roscommon. In his dream he saw the exact spot where the treasure lay, the faces of the three men who were to assist him to get it and heard their names. It was made known to him that the treasure was of gold buried by the Danes that it was guarded by an enchanted eel and that in order to reach it he would require, a rod to strike the eel, a coal-black cock and the Purificator with which the Priest purifies the Chalice. The soldier’s regiment was transferred to England and he

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   Topics

   1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
         1. folk belief (~2,535)
            1. treasure legends (~7,411)

   Language

   English

   Location

   Tawnytaskin, Co. Roscommon

   Collector

   Kathleen Barnes

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Ballymote, Co. Sligo

   Informant

   John J. Cole

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Tawnytaskin, Co. Roscommon