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School: Achadh Bolg (roll number 3588)

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Aghabullogue, Co. Cork
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0343, Page 415

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    In olden times farmers had a custom of pulling heather for thatching houses and other purposes.
    The story is this a local farmer sent his men to pull heather in Knocknagown bog. One man was working away a bit from the rest and when he was pulling the heather the whole sod came with him and underneath lay a big pot of gold. He was so coveteous, he turned the sod down on it again so that the other men would not see it and he worked away until he would have a chance of taking it unseen by the other but when he came back he could not find it, and it was never found since. Only for the finder being so greedy, he and his comrades would be rich for the rest of their lives. This is a true story as I
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kitty O' Connor
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Woodfield, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Mr D. O' Sullivan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Woodfield, Co. Cork