School: Kilmessan (C.) (roll number 4211)
- Location:
- Kilmessan, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Eibhlín, Bean Uí Stín
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- There is a gold sword a gold spear and a gold saddle hidden in Michael McKeavers Ratheen in the townland of Assey. A man tried to find it one time but he was prevented by a black goat with great horns. This goat jumped out of the hole. Another man attempted to dig for them at a later time. He was struck by a flash of lightning. It is said that the third digger will be the lucky one.
- There is a kettle of gold hidden in one of my father's fields. This field is called the Bogan. It was supposed to be hidden there by a miserly land lord. A woman who lived in this neighbourhood dreamt about this treasure two nights in succession. On the first night she saw the place where it was hidden. It was under a bush which stands by itself in the middle of the field. She was to tell nobody about it. On the second night she dreamt she was to steal a cat and kill it. When she came to the flat stone, she was throw him in. But she told about her dream before the third night
