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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0240, Page 112

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    amount of gold with him. He thought that whoever would find him would rob him of his gold. Immediately he took off one of his shoes and hid his gold in it.
    When he was found he had only one shoe and the gold was missing. Then the people decided that he had the gold hidden in the other shoe.
    Sometime later the (peol) people searched for the gold which they thought should be somewhere near where the man was found. They searched for months and (mol) months but did not succeed in finding the gold. It is there still but it is not known if any
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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
    Joseph Phillips
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Aghacurreen, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    John Phillips
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Aghacurreen, Co. Roscommon