School: Kilberry (roll number 2533)
- Location:
- Kilberry, Co. Meath
- Teacher: -
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0711, Page 173
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- There is a treasure hidden in a field belong to Mr McGlew of Mooretown situated in Scotstown Kilberry called the "Crock-a-dooha." It was hidden by the Cromwellian soldiers.
One night when Ned Crosby was coming across the field he saw a light like a ball of fire. One day a lot of men started to dig where they saw the light. They dug for a whole week but at the end of the week they felt a stone in the ground. They thought it was the gold, but when they got it up it was a big pillar stone. They dug a hole in the ground and stuck the stone in it. The stone is still there and you can still see the track where they were digging.
- Collector
- P. Byrne
- Gender
- Unknown
- Address
- Rathcoon, Co. Meath
- Informant
- Ned Crosby
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Corballis, Co. Meath
- There is gold in Castletown in a field called the Moat. Mr McGlew owns the field. John Reilly dreamt one night that he should dig until he saw a white mouse and the gold would(continues on next page)
