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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0870, Page 129

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    There used to come to a house in (?) an old (tramp?)
    The people used to call him a (dummy?) because he was deaf and dumb.
    He used to be always in this house. One day when he was young out he made (signs?) with a stick on the wall like as if there was money in it. So he went away.
    And the next day the people of the house (started?) at the wall to knock it down. They found some (shells?) in it.
    They did wrong to knock it down in (daytime?). They should have knocked it in the night.
    The next time the (dummy?) came he nearly went mad with them for knocking it down in the daytime. It was no good to them then.
    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
    Mrs Elizabeth Cusack
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lewistown, Co. Wexford