School: Tolerton, Ballylickmoyler (roll number 11321)
- Location:
- Towlerton, Co. Laois
- Teacher: L. Ó Broin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0838, Page 108
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- There is a place near Newtown called Smith's lane. There is a treasure hidden there. It was hidden there by a woman named Bridge Brown about 80 years ago. It is said she hid it because there were robbers going to rob her.
- Collector
- Gwen Atkinson
- Gender
- Unknown
- Address
- Monavea, Co. Laois
- Informant
- John Atkinson
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Monavea, Co. Laois
- There is a treasure hidden in a grave in Killeshin. It was hidden there in the time of the war by a woman named Bridget Whelan. She put it in an iron chest. Then she dug a hole in a grave at the bottom of one of(continues on next page)
