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School: An Ghráinseach

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Gransha More, Co. Monaghan
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E. Nic Uaid
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0946, Page 091

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    There was a giant who was supposed to hide a pot of gold in a bog near some twigs and a man was cutting turf in the bog. He found the tin box but he could not get it up without a pick.
    He marked the place with the twigs and went home for a pick. When he came back all the patch was full of twigs. This is supposed to happen at Eshnadarragh in Co. Fermanagh.
    The witches are supposed to sell themselves to the devil to get the power to take the butter from the churn. People do not like to see them coming about the house. Men do not send them out for the cows. They call them "overseers".
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    2. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary B. Mc Ginnity
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Derrynawilt East, Co. Fermanagh