School: Borrisoleigh, Glenkeen (roll number 590)

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Borrisoleigh, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Tomás de Búrca
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0544, Page 263

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    the grey cat would kill them. There has attempts made to unearth it. The men came out from Thurles to blow it up and they got no pot of gold and they saw no sign of the Grey cat. It is said that the pot of Gold was put there in the time of the Danes. It is not known by whom put it there. It is no known and with what result and it is know what the buried treasure consist. There has light been seen near where the pot of gold is hid.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    James Small
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Gortnacran Beg, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Patrick Small
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Address
    Gortnacran Beg, Co. Tipperary