School: Cappamore (B.) (roll number 7480)

Location:
Cappamore, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
James McCarthy
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0520, Page 103

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    ..did they get but a pan full To the brim with gold coins. Sometime afterwards they bought a farm out in Mungret side and they lived there happily ever afterwards.
    Willie Merrick, (age 14yrs 6mths)
    Towerhill
    Cappamore
    Co.Limerick
    11.11.1937
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  2. At the back of Callaun Hill in Meenacree, north-east of Cappamore, it is said that there is gold buried, and that there was a man killed there for the sake of minding it. It is said that it was the Danes that hid it there. Before the gold is to be got two men must loss their lives in the getting of it.
    One morning the two Berkery's and a man named O'Toole, started to dig for it. When they had gone down to the sixth flag two frogs appeared adn went back the hill and the men ran away
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    James Daly
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    13
    Address
    Farnane, Co. Limerick