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School: Tiobraid Árann, Cl. na Trócaire (roll number 9432)

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Tipperary, Co. Tipperary
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An tSr. Síle Ní Ghiollagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0578, Page 231

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    “Great Damer supposed to be one of the last of the Norse lived in Dundrum Co. Tipperary.”

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    Great Damer supposed to be one of the last of the Norse lived in Dundrum
    Co. Tipperary. He was a cooper by trade in his early life. One day he went to a miller to buy timber. The miller gave him boxes full of grease. Damer took the boxes willingly and said that they would light the fire, or that the grease would help to grease the car, if they would not make the coops.
    When he went home and opened the boxes what did he find inside the grease but gold sovereigns. He hid the gold and told nobody except his wife
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nancy Bushby
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Miss M. Mc Grath
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Friar Street, Co. Tipperary