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School: Wolfhill (roll number 3457)

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Wolfhill, Co. Laois
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P. Ó Dubhlainn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0836, Page 331

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    thousand pounds. Then he closed the boot He said that this boot was hidden under a "sgeac" bush that was growing on a ditch named the long ditch. This ditch is on the road from Fenelly's of the Mountain to the top of the Railway at Doyles cross. Many people dug for months and years but the treasure was never since found.
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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
    Mary Daly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Modubeagh, Co. Laois
    Informant
    Mrs Brennan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Modubeagh, Co. Laois