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School: Birr (St. Brendan's)

Location:
Birr or Parsonstown, Co. Offaly
Teachers:
S. Ó Conchobhair R. Ó Huigín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0821, Page 078

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    (continued from previous page)
    we saw some roughly dressed men coming out of them.
    When the men were gone we went into the cave in hope of finding "Hidden Treasure". We had a flashlamp with us because the cave was very dark. When the other boy was a good distance ahead he gave a shout and I saw him falling but a second later he said that he was all right.
    When we went into a cave further on we started to look for treasure. Then I saw a shelf with a bag on it, which was covered with sea-weed.
    There were many points sticking out and something was glittering like silver. After much difficult we managed to notice the string and found in it a dozen fountain pens and others things in silver.
    We brought the sack and it's contents to the police and
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    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
    Collector
    Noel Delaney
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Birr or Parsonstown, Co. Offaly
    Informant
    Thomas Buckley
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Birr or Parsonstown, Co. Offaly