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School: Killallon (roll number 5207)

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Boherard, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Stiophán Ó Scalaighe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0715, Page 310

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    the length of the chain and when the cat commences to devour it, the treasure seeker is to seize the urn and walk away without glancing back.
    Another version is that the person wishing to get the gold so as to hit the cat on the forehead with a threepenny piece, stunning him for time so as to enable the person to procure the gold. The latter way to get the gold seems the most likely, but up to the present no one was brave enough to face this huge monster even for such a reward, and so the treasure remains in the custody of enormous creature.
    Collected by Tiny Cahill, Fir Park, Crossakiel, Kells, Co. Meath.
    Tale told by Mrs Cahill, Fir Park, Crossakeil, Kells, Meath
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Tiny Cahill
    Address
    Firpark, Co. Meath
    Informant
    Mrs Cahill
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Firpark, Co. Meath