School: Mullach Ruadh (roll number 10654)

Location:
Mullaghroe, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Bean Uí Nia
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0187, Page 052

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  1. A long time ago a man named Pat Sherlock, Cloonloo, Ballymote, Co. Sligo living in the half Parish of Gurteen, was cutting turf on Maghanagh bog which was a short distance from his house.
    He was not long on the bog until he broke his slane against some thing very hard. He thought it was a stone. He unearthed it but to his great surprise instead of a stone, it was a small wooden box.
    He opened it and on the top he found a lot of leaves. He threw them out and under-neath he found a lot of gold rings, watches; and chains. He was afraid to take them home. He left them on the bog and went at a good pace home for his dinner.
    His wife was a tyrant. When he got home he told her the store of the wooden box and what it contained. She would not let him eat his dinner until he got the box ([?]) for her. She took some of them for her self and her daughter
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Dodd
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Chacefield, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Mr John Dodd
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Chacefield, Co. Sligo