School: Scoil na mBráthar, Ráth Luirc

Location:
Charleville, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Tomás Riabhach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0368, Page 254

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    He had gone down about three feet deep when struck something hard with the spade. He got it up after great work. He took it up in his hands and was surprised to see it was an iron box with the spade and found a box of jewels and diamond necklaces and such like
    He met Mr. Murphy on the following day and told him his story. Mr. Murphy sent the jewels to England and got £50,000 for them. He gave £500 to Mr. Jones for his trouble.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Dolan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Harrison's Place, Co. Cork
    Informant
    James Collins
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Broghill South, Co. Cork