School: Durrow (B.) (roll number 3517)

Location:
Durrow, Co. Laois
Teacher:
P. Sabhaois
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0830, Page 047

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  1. Story told by Michael King (13 yrs) Labourer's son Moyne Durrow.
    I heard the following story from my father James King (56 yrs) Labourer Moyne Durrow.
    My father told me that there are two treasures hidden in Moyne so here is the story about one of them.
    In the year 1641 before the Stabblen family came into this place a man by the name of Stubber who was Governor of Galway told his servant on a Sunday to carry two jars full of gold sovereigns and when they had them buried, Stubber asked his servant would he mind it, dead or alive and he said he would so he is minding it to the present day. One day two men were ferreting in the ditch and they came on a
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Michael King
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    13
    Address
    Moyne, Co. Laois
    Informant
    James King
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    56
    Occupation
    Labourer
    Address
    Moyne, Co. Laois