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School: Mercy Convent, Granard (roll number 13846)

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Granard, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Sr. Conception
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0763, Page 178

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    Hidden Treasure
    9th Nov; 1937
    An old woman named Mary Brady, who is 74 years of age and living in the townland of Tromra in the parish of Granard, Co. Longford told me that she always heard that there is a "pot of Gold" hidden at the "Rocks" in the townland of Grassyard, in the parish of Granard, Co. Longford.
    One night a man dreamt of it and the two following nights he had the same dream and the next day he told a neighbour man, and both
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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
    Mary Kearney
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Tromra, Co. Longford
    Informant
    Mrs M. Brady
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    74
    Address
    Tromra, Co. Longford