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School: Rath (roll number 5391)

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Rath, Co. Westmeath
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Miss Palmer
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  1. Story - Hidden Treasure

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    The townland of Cornacausk is said to contain a treasure. In the centre of a field there is a small hill in which it is said to be buried.
    In order to get this treasure a life must be lost. About sixty years ago some men set out to dig for it. They brought a cat with them whose life they intended to take if necessary.
    After digging for hours they came to a big flag covering a large hole. They rolled back the stone and threw in the cat thinking it would die, but it escaped.
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    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
    Mr T. Reynolds
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    47
    Address
    Cornacuask, Co. Westmeath