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School: Tibohine (roll number 15544)

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Tibohine, Co. Roscommon
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Úna Ní Thiomáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0243, Page 194

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    In Lissergool there is a field and in it is a well and about thirty yards or so from the well there is a large stone and I heard a person to say that that stone is about one cwts. and a half in weight and that there was another one equal in size and in weight to it and that a certain man lifted it up and under it he saw a big pot of gold. He was so alarmed that before he had the stone rolled over the gold disappeared
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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
    Bridget Sharkey
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carrowgarve, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    James Sharkey
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Carrowgarve, Co. Roscommon