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School: Ferbane (B.)

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Ferbane, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
T. Mac Cárthaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0813, Page 103

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    About a mile from Ferbane a treasure is supposed to be hidden in Kenny's fort. The treasure is supposed to consist of gold. Lights were often seen there. Fairies are supposed to be guarding it. If anyone wants to look for the crock of gold it is said that he should go at half - past one in the morning.
    One night however a man went to look for the gold a ten o'clock. Just as he was about to dig a big black cat came out and started to growl at him. So he got afraid of her, ran home as fast as he could, and did not dig for gold any more.
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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
    John Guinan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ferbane, Co. Offaly
    Informant
    Patrick Daly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ferbane, Co. Offaly