School: Porturlan

Location:
Porturlan, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
Mrs Mc Tiernan
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    to be there since the time of the invaders. When people found the foreigners coming they used to hide things in the bogs. It appears that those who hid the butter were killed and no body knew about it.
    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
    Eileen Caffrey
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Gortnaleck, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Mrs A. Caffrey
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    45
    Address
    Gortnaleck, Co. Cavan