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School: Corboy, Meathús Truim (roll number 11421)

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Corboy, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Susan Stephens
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    One day two men while cutting turf for my father in a small bog beside the village of Ballinalee in County Longford found a barrel containing old butter about four feet down in the bog.
    On the next day they were working very hard and they found an old porter bottle about six feet down in the ground. They broke the bottle and inside it was a note saying six yards away from here there is a pot of gold and silver. The bog was never searched for the hidden treasure.
    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
    Collector
    Edward Denniston
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    14
    Address
    Drumnacross, Co. Longford