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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0240, Page 114

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    Buried Treasure.
    Treasures have been found in odd places and in forts in this district. In our field in Cloonfad there is a great big hole and in it there is a smaller hole with a bush growing over it. It is a remarkable place.
    A few years ago a man by the name of Martin Sharkey and another man were digging for a crock of gold. There was supposed to be an old sow minding it. One day the sow was gone off some place and one of the men was digging down in the hole when she came and was
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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
    Bert Lafferty
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cloonfad, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Thomas Durr
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cloonfad, Co. Roscommon