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School: Áth na gClaidheamh (roll number 10537)

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Annagleve, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
S. Mac Domhnaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0937, Page 247

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    There are few districts in Ireland which do not contain some folk-lore. Some of the folk-lore consists of treasure stories. There is a treasure in my locality, hidden in a fort, with a large lone bush stretching into the sky over the exact place where the treasure is. It is in the townland of Tattygar. It was placed there by William Henry over one thousand years ago. He put it there for safety, because the Danes were just beginning to invade our country at that time, or as he said himself "the old thieves of Danes were searching and plundering the country, and they'd the the last penny from
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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 Connolly
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Tattygare, Co. Monaghan
    Informant
    Ann Duffy
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    85
    Address
    Tattygare, Co. Monaghan