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School: Templeorum, Piltown (roll number 6289)

Location:
Templeorum, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
P. Hickey
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0841, Page 061

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    Long ago, there lived in Corbally Piltown, Co Kilkenny a witch. She had a large sum of money and did know what to do with it. Her servants told her to hide it. One day she hid it in a fence. She died and did not say anything about it. One day a man was cutting furze off his fence in Corbally. He heard a voice saying go home, "go home" but the man said he would not go even if he were
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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
    Sean Carroll
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Brenar, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    John Carroll
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Brenar, Co. Kilkenny