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   “Long ago a party of men from Ballynua, heard how there was gold to be found in a rock in Castlerichard, near the old church yard.”

   

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   Micheal Bride dreamt one night, that there was gold to be found, in one of his own fields in the farm. In this field there is a lios, and it was there he dreamt it was to be found. He dreamt the secont time of it, and in his dream he thought he was diging for it, and that under one brown stone the crock of gold was to be found. Next morning when he got up. he went to the field, in which he dreamt it was to be found. When he came to the place he saw the very same stone in which he dreamt it was under. But he made no attempt to get it.
   No 3
   When Lord Cork came to Youghal, he went into Saint Mary's church. When he was inside, he saw a priest. The priest ran for the Chalice, and going to the door he went out, without opening it. Only for that he would be killed. They tried all Youghal for him, but he was not found. He had not much luck for himself and his army, met Edmond Supple and his army at Ballndinish. Supple killed him, and he was buried in the quarry near by. About a hundred years after, a man was braking stones in the quarry. His hammer fell into the cave, he went for it, and he saw a shining thing, and what was it. but the lords body, and a coat of gold on it, he sold the gold for fifty pounds in Cork.

   

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   Topics

   1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
         1. folk belief (~2,535)
            1. treasure legends (~7,411)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Eillen Canty

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Ballyhonock, Co. Cork

   Informant

   John Canty

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Ballyhonock, Co. Cork