School: Kilberry (roll number 2533)
- Location:
- Kilberry, Co. Meath
- Teacher: -
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0711, Page 174
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- (continued from previous page)be there. So he dug until he saw the white mouse and he went out of his mind.
- There is treasure hidden in Demailestown. Jimmy Doggett owns the land. The field is called the Ratheen. It was by the Danes that it was hidden. I have never heard of anyone looking for it.
- There is a treasure buried in a field called the Major's Field. Mrs McKeever owns the field. My father thinks that it was the druids that buried them. When a man was digging sods in the field he found some gold. Nobody ever looked for gold since. There is supposed that is guarded by spirits. There were never lights seen at the place where the gold is hidden.
- There is gold hidden in Rathcoon fort. It is in Mr. McGlews field. It was hidden by(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Betty Doggett
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- John Mc Caffrey
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 54
- Address
- Rathcoon, Co. Meath
