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School: Tolerton, Ballylickmoyler (roll number 11321)

Location:
Towlerton, Co. Laois
Teacher:
L. Ó Broin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0838, Page 145

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    men set out to dig for the crock of gold, and they took holy water with the,. There was one Protestant man in the crowd but when they started to dig the Protestant man saw something weird coming towards them, and he told the others because they could not see it.
    They ran and left their picks and spades behind them where they remain still. The protestant man died shortly afterwards from the shock.
    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
    Carmel Graham
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Towlerton, Co. Laois
    Informant
    Miss Pender
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Towlerton, Co. Laois