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School: Church Hill, Cuffe's Grange (roll number 5927)

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Church Hill, Co. Kilkenny
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Tomás Ó Floinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0854, Page 184

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    Hidden Treasure
    In Burnchurch there is a castle and tower. Half way between them gold is buried.
    One day three men dug for it. After some time they reached the gold.When they had half of it got they saw a horse running away. They ran to stop the horse.
    When they came back they could not find where the rest of the gold was.
    The three men were dead in a weeks time. One of them died suddenly. Another of them was drowned in a small stream of water. The other man was killed with a hay rake. Neither of them lived to enjoy the money.
    "What leaves you alone leave it alone".
    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
    Michael Rice
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Burnchurch, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    Thomas Rice
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Burnchurch, Co. Kilkenny