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School: An Carraigín (roll number 13836)

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Carrigeen, Co. Roscommon
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Bean Mhic Oireachtaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0255, Page 064

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    and then the horses would have no trouble in bringing it to the shore.
    Just when the horses were ready to draw the pot off the platform a big fish like an eel left a terrible whistle which was heard over the place. He then jumped up and fell down on the chain and broke it. The man had to return to land without the money and some say the pot is there still.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Elizabeth Mary Cox
    Gender
    Female