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

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   In olden days in Scrachan there lived a family of Careys and it was made known to them one night that near a holly tree on their farms a crock of gold was hidden. On the way to the place a four leaved shamrock was to be found and another was to be found over the place where the crock was. If the Careys went looking for the gold during the day they would not find it because they were told they should go looking for it in the middle of the night. The Careys did not go looking for the gold because they were afraid something might happen them. The old people

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Joaney Golden

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Coolbane West, Co. Kerry

   Informant

   Mr Micheal Golden

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Coolbane West, Co. Kerry