School: Cill Loiste (Killusty), Fíodh Árd (roll number 16111)

Location:
Killusty North, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Mheacháir
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    terribly afraid, but Harry Kane gave them a bottle of whiskey and told them to dig away, so they dug away, but then the spirit had chains and two blazing sods of turf in his hands, and he started to strike them together and came nearer to them and flung one of the sods of turf into the hole, and the two men fled for their lives, and that ended the digging (the digging) for the gold.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Kearney
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Walshsbog, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    James Ryan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    78
    Address
    Killusty North, Co. Tipperary