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School: Desart, Cill Choinnigh (roll number 3839)

Location:
Ballymack (Desart), Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Mary Commins
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0854, Page 085

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    A man named - Dalton dreamt on successive nights that a treasure was hidden in a field now belonging to Christopher Henessey Kyle. He dreamt of the exact spot under a big oak trunk. He told a neighbour who decided that they both should go next day and uproot the tree-trunk. They were not long at work when they succeeded and they came to a big flat stone. Now they were almost certain of the treasure but just as they were about to lift the stone
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    James Nugent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kyle, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    Lawrence Banim
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Occupation
    Tradesman
    Address
    Foxcover, Co. Kilkenny