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School: Sisters of Charity Convent N.S., Bealach an Doirín

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An tSr. Seosamh Ní Cheallaigh
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    following night. Before he left the house he was to bring an axe, a spade and shovel.
    The man went down to the graveyard and began work just at twelve o'clock. He worked very hard for an hour or so. He had a large hole dug when he hit something hard. Just then he heard someone shaking the trees. He looked up and saw a huge man over him with a knife.
    The man told him to go home as fast as he could. He was a troubled man going
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    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
    Mary Quinn
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mr P. Mac Dermott
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Toobrackan, Co. Roscommon