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School: Ballinea (roll number 10426)

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Ballina, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
Mrs Farrell
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0736, Page 045

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    Hidden Treasure
    A short distance from my home in Hanstown on the main road between Dysart and Mullingar in the county Westmeath there is a lot of gold hidden under a large stone flag, in a field belonging to a man named Christopher Byrne and near a public pump on the side of the road. This was hidden by a robber named Boyle. The soldiers were on his track and he could not get away in safety. After burying the gold he crossed the road and jumped in a stone wall and a large dyke on the other side which would be about fifty feet. The mark of his feet can be seen to the present day. He was a very powerful man so i expect that this jump was not too big for him. He crossed Hanstown fields and got away from the soldiers into a wood at Keoltown.
    P. Smyth Hanstown - Aged 56
    Treasure in Belmont
    In a field at Belmont and bordering the main road about three hundred yards from our school there is a lone
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    P. Smyth
    Age
    56
    Address
    Hanstown, Co. Westmeath