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School: Baile an Gharrdha (B.) (roll number 2909)

Location:
Ballingarry, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Dll. Ó Conaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0499, Page 266

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    It is said that there is gold hidden in Michael Noonan's haggard Ballylan Ballingarry. One day a man named Daly went out to look for the gold. He was digging away until he came to pieces of iron. When he took them in his hand. Then they looked like pieces of gold. He told his neighbours about it. When he showed his neighbours the gold they looked like pieces of timber to them. He went away with the pieces of timber in his pocket. When he looked at them again they looked like pieces of gold. He went away to America and was never heard of again.
    Tony Noonan
    Ballyguile
    Castletown
    Got from Michael Kiely age 72
    Ballyguile
    Castletown
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Tony Noonan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballyguilebeg, Co. Limerick
    Informant
    Michael Kiely
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    72
    Address
    Ballyguilebeg, Co. Limerick