1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Gowran (C.)

School: Gowran (C.) (roll number 15366)

Location:
Gowran, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Máiréad Ní Chuinn
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0861, Page 047

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0861, Page 047

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Gowran (C.)
  2. XML Page 047
  3. XML “Hidden Treasure”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. Hidden Treasure

    Share Share Post
    6-12-37 Hidden Treasure
    There was an old man who was always talking about gold under ground. A couple of boys was listening to him one night. One boy spoke and said to the others we will go and get ould pannigan and we will get bones and break them up and put them under a big stone near the house. The old man said Musha will you show me where the boys went to rout it with him."Now boys for gracious sake dont any of ye curse or the gold will return into bones. One of the boys when he saw the pannigan he swore a big oath when he rouse it it was full of small bones. Oh gracious why did you curse it is bones we have now instead of gold.
    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
    Peggy Nolan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Gowran, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    John Nolan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    84
    Address
    Gowran, Co. Kilkenny