School: Dún Gaill (Dungeel) (roll number 12824)

Location:
Dungeel, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Liam de Róiste
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  1. In olden times a treasure of a special kind of ornamental stone was supposed to be buried in our field which is situated in the townland of Corbally. It was supposed to be hidden in an earthenware crock. The old people often talked about it but they were not believed until some years afterwards, when the field had been tilled and when the men that were ploughing it found to there surprise the stone which very much resembled a diamond about two inches long an a quarter of an inch wide.
    It was rolled in moss and was very uneven. Another story is
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peggy Nagle
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Corbally, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Mr John Nagle
    Gender
    Male