School: Clochar na Trócaire, Ros Mhic Treóin (roll number 967)

Location:
New Ross, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
Sr M.R. Ní Mhaoldomhnaigh
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    A car was travelling from Kildare to Dublin.

    A car was travelling from Kildare to Dublin. This car was out all night looking for treasures. The men in the car robbed a rich house outside Carlow. They got trunks of gold and silver.
    When they were going home a robber and some friends stopped the car and took the treasures, and just as they were crossing a field the car men fired at them but it was useless.
    These men buried the treasure under a great chest-nut tree. But before they buried it they looked to see what was in it, and saw gold and silver.
    A man was digging the field for his master and was
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kitty Slevin
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    12
    Informant
    Mr Dunne
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    William Street, Co. Wexford