School: Valleymount

Location:
Valleymount, Co. Wicklow
Teacher:
Dll. Ó Cochláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0917, Page 009

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0917, Page 009

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  1. In the time of the ninety-eight rebellion it is said that there was a treasure hidden in Marlefields underneath a holly-bush.
    This treasure consisted of two crocks of gold.
    A few years ago a man from Logstown by the name of Flemming went to dig for this treasure but he could not get any trace of it.
    To find this gold it is necessary for a person to dream about it three times.
    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
    Sally Tipper
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Valleymount, Co. Wicklow
    Informant
    Mrs A. Mc Donnell
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    84
    Address
    Valleymount, Co. Wicklow
  2. About 60 years ago a man by the name of William Osborne had some men employed cutting stone in a field owned and lent by my grandfather for the purpose of cleaning the field because at that time he had no quarry in Ballyknocken. When he was cutting this particular rock as he came to the middle he saw what he thought was the lid of a crock shining. In order to see what was in it himself, first he gave his men a sovereign between them and
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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
    Myles Cullen
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballyknockan, Co. Wicklow
    Informant
    Mr Laurence Cullen
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Ballyknockan, Co. Wicklow