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   “In a place called Castle Richard near the castle which was built by the Geraldines long ago, a graveyard was built in which the princes and nobles from the castle were interred, a crock of gold was buried.”

   

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   the gold. At first the thought of giving it away, But, that was impossible as had he given it away the question "where did he get it" would be asked and he could not give a satisfactory answer. At length he decided to bury it among the headstone's and set a curse on it. The curse was "Whsoever shall set his eyes first on this gold shall die."
   Year's rolled by on leadin wheels, and nobody ever paid heed to the stories which were circulating about it. At last a poor man who had to support large family thought that if he could unearth the gold, he would be very rich. The origin of this thought was a dream where he imagined himself finding the treasure. He awoke very excited with a determination to find it without delay. At midnight one dark night later he set out for the place with a spade, a cock, and a cat.
   He began digging with the cock on one side of the hole and the cat on the other. The cock would crow when the ghost was near the place and should he have the gold unearthed before the ghost would come he

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   History Edit

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Rosemary Cronin

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Ballymakeagh Beg, Co. Cork

   Informant

   Timothy Cronin

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Ballymakeagh Beg, Co. Cork