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School: Mullach na Cille (roll number 14649)

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Mullennakill, Co. Kilkenny
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0850, Page 012

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    I often head that there was money hidden on Glenpipe HIll about two hundred yards up the hill from the back of my own house. A man named John Kennedy from Glenpipe was cutting furze on the hill when he got a spear or a sword or something of that kind stuck in the ground. He took it home with him to his brother-in-law James Whelan (who is still alive) and the two of them went back to look for the spot where he got the spear but they could not find it. I often heard it said that you must be able to see 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
    Stasia Conway
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Glenpipe, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    John Conway
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Glenpipe, Co. Kilkenny