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School: Desart, Cill Choinnigh (roll number 3839)

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Ballymack (Desart), Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Mary Commins
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0854, Page 086

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    they heard the shouts of the huntsmen coming from Desart Wood. They dropped their shovels & picks and ran after the hunt making up their minds to return again later in the day. In those days everybody in the district followed the hounds on foot as they generally got a little money for helping to dig out the fox.
    When our friends got as far as Desart Court there was no trace of the huntsmen or hounds. Then they remembered that it was the month of ___ when no hunt was out. They thought of their treasure and began to feel that they had been tricked. Back they went and lifted up the stone to find nothing but a lot of dead leaves.
    The hole which they dug can still be seen in the field.
    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
    Informant
    James Nugent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kyle, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    Lawrence Banim
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Occupation
    Tradesman
    Address
    Foxcover, Co. Kilkenny