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School: Knocktoosh, Ráthluirc (roll number 12786)

Location:
Knocktoosh, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Máire Ní Ghruagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0490, Page 090

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    My cousin, William Stokes told me that there was hidden treasure in my Townland. It is hidden under a crab apple tree. It is said that no one would ever get it, untill one life is lost. It could not be got during the day but at night. So one night three men, were coming from a fair, and they drunk.
    So they said they would go, and look for the Gold. Off they went with spades and shovels, and started to dig under the crab-tree. They were not digging long when a mad bull came roaring
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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
    Eugene Sheehy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Knockearagh, Co. Cork
    Informant
    William Stokes
    Relation
    Relative (other than parent or grandparent)
    Gender
    Male