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School: Baile an Mhuilinn, An Droichead Nua (roll number 16654)

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Milltown, Co. Kildare
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S.P. Ó Donnchadha
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    treasure slipped from their shoulders and went tumbling into it, and try as they might they could not get it out again. Both men went home sad and sorrowful, but still they had the jewels, and they had enough of money for the rest of their lives. The cauldron with the rock of gold still remains in the bog, but no one yet went to dig for it.
    I got this story from Mr John Byrne. (age 74)
    Hawkfield. Droichead Nua.
    Co. Kildare.
    Signed-: Nell Maguire. Hawkfield,
    Droichead Nua. Co Kildare.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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  2. Hidden Treasure

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    Once upon a time a certain man who lived about the time of the Fianna, hid a treasure of two hundred pounds in gold in the bog of Allen.
    He placed it under a furze bush at the foot of the hill, and he gave permission to the
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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
    Annie Curran
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Punchersgrange, Co. Kildare
    Informant
    Dennis Curran
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    60
    Address
    Punchersgrange, Co. Kildare