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School: Nutgrove (roll number 10126)

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0482, Page 324

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    In the townland of Milltown, Askeaton, there is a certain large field called the Cathar. it was said that gold was hidden there in a stone rath, where the Danes lived, and which is surrounded by a stone wall about seven feet high, and five feet wide.
    In the centre of the rath is a large hole, and long side the hole is a large chimney. Some men went searching for the gold, and they heard the roar of a bull, and it frightened them. The gold was never found because a bull or some strange element always frightened them away.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    2. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Smyth
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Newbridge, Co. Limerick
    Informant
    Mrs Smyth
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    46
    Address
    Newbridge, Co. Limerick