School: Rathkenny (roll number 15483)

Location:
Rathkenny, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Tomás Mac Cárthaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0714, Page 189

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0714, Page 189

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  1. (1) This treasure is supposed to be hidden in one of our fields opposite Horistown Gate. This field is called to this day "Log an Óir".
    It was likely that it was put here by the fairies long ago.
    It happened that there was a man ploughing in this field a long time ago and he struck the plough against something. At first he thought it was a big stone but when he looked he saw that it was a crock of gold. He tried to take it out of the ground but he could not.
    Then he sent up to Horistown and got a spade to dig it up. On the way he told everyone he met about what he had seen, and when he went there to dig it up, it was gone. It seems that when he was away the fairies came, and brought it. He said he thought it was a crock of gold.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Raphael Mac Mahon
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Horistown, Co. Meath
    Informant
    Michael Cudden
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    75
    Address
    Rathkenny, Co. Meath