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School: Owning Convent (roll number 16430)

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Owning, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Sr. M. Bernadette
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0844, Page 101

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    There is a castle at Carrick-on-Suir in which is a room which can only be seen once every seven years. A keeper once counted all the rooms and found one more than usual. He counted again and again and found one more. He got courage and went into every room. On entering one he saw a man lying in a bed with a long sword by his side, and a pamplet on a table which read "Draw this sword and blow this horn, and you'll be the richest man was ever
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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
    John Murrell
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Owning, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    Edward Duggan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    76
    Address
    Owning, Co. Kilkenny