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School: Leixlip (C.) (roll number 2345)

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Leixlip, Co. Kildare
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Mrs. Harty
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0773, Page 202

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  1. Stories of Hidden Treasures

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    Stories of Hidden Treasure
    Years ago there was a man named Bill Synnott and he had four hundred pounds in silver saved up. There were a lot of battles being fought at that time all round ireland, and he wanted to hide the money.
    He got a box and put the money in it. Then he tarred the box all round and put it under a little tree in a wood in Blakestown near Maynooth.
    After a week he died. People searched but could not find the hoard.
    A light is very often seen in the wood, but when people go near it disappears.
    Brigid Campbell
    26th January 1938
    Told by Grandmother
    Kathleen Campbell aged 91
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    2. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Brigid Campbell
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Kathleen Campbell
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    71

  2. Stories of Hidden Treasures

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    Some six hundred years ago there lived three old kings in a castle in a place called The Silescan in St.Catherine's Park Leixlip. The ruins of the castle walls are still to be seen. It is said that one day the eldest king took a pot of gold into the garden and buried it.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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