School: Yellow Furze

Location:
Yellow Furze, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Síle, Bean Uí Leamhain
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  1. The famous Collier the Robber was in my Great Grandfathers forge and he told him the first robbery he committed was the robbery of a hen roost.
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    The owners of Hayes, in the long ago planted a wood in front of the big house to obscure the view of the Yellow Furze Church.
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    There is supposed to be gold hidden somewhere near Dean Hill bush.
    It was on a moonlit night the person hid it and he marked the spot where the shadow of the boughs of the bush fell on the grass before he went.
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    There was a man evicted from a......
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eileen Bruton
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs Brennan
    Gender
    Female