School: Cluain Mhurchais (Hollyford) (roll number 13847)
- Location:
- Hollyford, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Liam Ó Donnchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0542, Page 286
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- There was gold supposed to be hidden in a wood in Leaca an Chiúm.
It is said that there are two pots of gold hidden there, and that there is something in the shape of a devil guarding it.
There were lights of all kinds seen around the place at night.one night two men went to look for the gold an animal like a bull came rushing towards them, and they had to fly for their lives.
another night they went again and took a bottle of holy water with them, and they shook it around the place, and they found the treasure.
I got this story from:- Timothy Ryan, Foilaclug, Cappawhite, Co. Tipperary.
- Collector
- Máire Threasa Ní Riain
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Foilaclug, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Timothy Ryan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Foilaclug, Co. Tipperary
- Long ago people made bread from whole-meal. They not take the pollard from the wheat.
Bread was baked in griddles and turf was used for baking it. There used be a cross on the cake, so that it would not swell too much.
