1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Meath Hill

School: Meath Hill (roll number 7166)

Location:
Meath Hill, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Patrick J. Connolly
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0712, Page 151

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0712, Page 151

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Meath Hill
  2. XML Page 151
  3. XML “Hidden Treasure”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. Hidden Treasure

    Share Share Post
    Hidden Treasure
    Long ago there were many stories told about hidden treasures. Not far from where I live there is a little plantation. People say that in this plantation there is a crock of gold hidden under a tree. One night a man whose name is Peter Boland was coming home through the fields that are near this plantation and he said that he saw the light near the place where the gold is hidden. He said that he saw the light several nights and that it seemed to be moving in and out between the trees and sometimes it would disappear altogether. It is said that a rich man hid it there because the people were trying to get it off him.
    This story was got from Peter Boland, Meath Hill, Drumconrath, 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
    Informant
    Peter Boland
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Meath Hill, Co. Meath