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School: Glanworth (B.) (roll number 4837)

Location:
Glanworth, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Liam Ó Ríoghbhardáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0373, Page 005

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    Gold in Manning
    It is supposed that there is gold hidden in Mr Noonan's land, in the townland of Manning in the parish of Glanworth Co Cork.
    Some men dreamt about it several nights in succession. One moon-light night six men set out to unearth it.
    One of the six men had a lame leg. When they had dug about three feet they heard the wild roaring of a bull.
    Five of the men ran leaving the lame man behind. The lame man dropped himself into a bunch of briars. After a while he
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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
    Location
    Manning, Co. Cork
    Collector
    James Fitzgibbon
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballylegan, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Mr David Fitzgibbon
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    70
    Address
    Ballylegan, Co. Cork