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School: Rosmead (roll number 7212)

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Cavestown and Rosmead, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
E. Lynch
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0726, Page 070

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    There are not many buried treasures in my townland. Two years ago when Peter Tully was cutting turf in a bog in Rosmead he dug up a pot of gold and when he took his eyes away from the pot of gold there was nothing but a clamp of turf there, there is supposed to be a buried treasure in that bog but no one has ever found it. A good many years ago. Johnny Bond from Newtown, oiled two guns and he hid them below in Jim Lynams bog and when he went to get them they were gone. Paddy Dugan was the quickest walker and Woods was the best runner. I
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Farrelly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cavestown and Rosmead, Co. Westmeath
    Informant
    Thomas Farrelly
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Address
    Cavestown and Rosmead, Co. Westmeath