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School: Piltown (B.) (roll number 6189)

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Piltown, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Peadar Ó Maolchaoin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0842, Page 280

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    (continued from previous page)
    and went home. The great friendship arose between the Co. Kilkenny family and the Co. Waterford family. It was then a terrible crime for any marriage to take place between families of two different counties, but on took place in the next generation between those two families and a small man came one night to waken the house-hold. He said, "On your holding are two large crocks of gold to be found in the future years by a member of the Tobin family for service rendered to my people. It shall be found when the family will be burying a valuable animal.
    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)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Cecil Rocke
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    13
    Address
    Piltown, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    Simon Tobin
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    78
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Tibberaghny, Co. Kilkenny