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P. Mac an Bháird
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0936, Page 219

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    The man took his spade and went to the bush and started to dig and found another crock of gold. The Smiths are millionaires from that day to this.
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  2. A Hidden Treasure

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    Once upon a time a man named John Murphy lived in the townland of Killycrum.
    One night as he was coming off his ceilidhe he met a Leprechaun who told him there was a crock of gold buried at a thorn-bush on Corryloan hill.
    The man went to Corryloan hill next morning and started to dig at a thorn-bush.
    After digging for a long time
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    James Rice
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Pat Mc Elearney
    Relation
    Relative (other than parent or grandparent)
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    70
    Address
    Corryloan, Co. Monaghan