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School: Tisaran

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Moystown Demesne, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
M. Ní Éireamhóin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0813, Page 003

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    About two miles from my home in Moystown, Belmont, Offaly, there is a very big wood which is almost on the banks of the river Shannon called the "Shannon Wood." In the centre of this wood there are the ruins of a Danish castle. Underneath these ruins there is supposed to be some Danish treasure hidden in an urn.
    On Midsummer's eve the very old people say that a party of little men with green jackets and red caps is seen and heard playing beautiful music right over the spot where the treasure is said to be hidden. If any person is seen by these
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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
    Domhnaill Mac Cioráin
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    13
    Address
    Moystown Demesne, Co. Offaly