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School: Trummera, Mountrath (roll number 15446)

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Trumra, Co. Laois
Teacher:
Mrs Muldowney
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0833, Page 256

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    party of men went to get the gold at the same time. One man held the candle and holy water, while the others dug but just at 12.30 a sheep appeared and knocked the candle and holy water out of the man's hand. The men ran as fast as they could.
    The sheep is supposed to guard the gold still. The man who held the candle died soon after. Nobody ever tried to get the gold after that. This story happened about eighty years ago.
    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
    Jeremiah Shiel
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Rosskelton, Co. Laois
    Informant
    James Shiel
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Rosskelton, Co. Laois