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School: Tulach Sheasta, Clochair na Trócaire

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Newport, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Sr Bertrand
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0539, Page 215

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    We are told that there is gold hidden beneath the surface of the earth in Mount Phillips, which is situated one mile and a half south west of the village of Newport. Tradition tells us that it was Cromwell shot one of his men, turned him into the form of an animal, and left him to keep watch over the treasure.
    A certain man in the townsland of Clonsingle dreamed that the gold was hidden under a white thorn bush in a certain field in Mount Phillips. Having dreamt of this, three nights in succession, he and his wife and a couple of others determined to set out and dig for the hidden treasure. They knew that some of them would have to sacrifice
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kitty Ryan
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mary Fitzgerald
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    74
    Occupation
    Farmer's wife
    Address
    Clonsingle, Co. Tipperary