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School: Cill Daighnéain

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0381, Page 345

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    “There is a boiler of gold buried in Gorthrue. ...”

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    There is a boiler of gold buried in Gorthrue. One night two men dreamt of it. The next night they went in search of it and they took their big dog with them. Some part of that night when they had dug for it and were just going to rise the cover off the boiler they heard a loud noise underneath them in the river. Then a Sheliawee a fairy who was taking care of the gold came up to them and she flung the dog down into the river.
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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
    Maurice O Keeffe
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Raheen, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Mrs P. O Keeffe
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Raheen, Co. Cork