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School: Rathregan (roll number 9846)

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Rathregan, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Uigín
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    Composition.
    Hidden-Treasure.
    About forty years ago two men named John Mooney and Nicholas O'Rourke dreamed three nights in succession that there was gold hid at Mr. Bannon's barley field gap.
    They went to get it three times but they failed because there was a superstition that one of their lives would be lost in their adventures. No one ever dug for the gold and it is supposed to be there yet in crocks.
    The field is along the road.
    Maisie Bannon, 10 the November, 1931.
    I got this from my father, John Bannon, Kilcooley, Co. Meath.
    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
    Maisie Bannon
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kilcooly, Co. Meath
    Informant
    John Bannon
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kilcooly, Co. Meath