School: Rath Cruachan

Location:
Rathcroghan, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Séamus Diúc
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  1. The Hidden Treasure
    Rathkeva is a village situated due south of this school and containing about 200 statute acres. It is about two miles away and contains a Ráth or Fort. This Ráth contains seven caves
    In each of six of these there are supposed to be seven lights and eight lights in the other. The treasure, a crock of gold or such valuable articles, can be obtained as follows, in the last mentioned.
    The seeker of this treasure must enter this cave with eight lights after midnight. If he enters the wrong cave at the wrong time he will lose his life.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Edward Jones
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Glenballythomas, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Richard Scott
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Glenballythomas, Co. Roscommon