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School: Moyderwell Convent of Mercy (roll number 13530)

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Moyderwell, Co. Kerry
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0441, Page 208

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    A Purt castle, 2 miles from Abbeyfeale it is said that the Geraldines hid money and other gold things there when they were flighting to Tralee.
    Once a fortune-teller woman told a man he would get gold, if he went there on a Friday night and to dig down 4 feet and to go there at 12 o'clock. He went there with another man and he took a lantern with him, he had been diging for five minutes when he heard a bull and the rattling of chains. Then he went home and knew that the woman only wanted money.
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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
    Teresa Dillon
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Trienearagh, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Dan Dillane
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Abbeyfeale, Co. Limerick