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School: St Fiachra's, Ullard, Borris, Co. Carlow (roll number 3459)

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Ullard, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Máire Ní Ghuidhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0857, Page 133

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    One night about a fortnight ago I was visiting at the house of Mrs Darch, Ullard and she told me the following story.
    She said there was a certin field in this townsland where a crock of gold was supposed to be buried. Once, men came from Kildare to dig for it but did not succeed in getting it. It is thought that the Danes put the gold there. There is a hole in the ground where the gold is. Once a man started digging for it and found a little box of money but was afraid to keep it so he put it back again.
    Mrs. Darcy told me that she was coming
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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
    Brigid Duggan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cloghasty North, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    Mrs Darcy
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    84
    Address
    Ullard, Co. Kilkenny