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School: Killashandra (C.) Convent

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Killashandra, Co. Cavan
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Sr. M. Cornillius
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0984, Page 168

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    At one time there lived a family named McGlues in Killagoan Killeshandra and it is supposed that one night they had a dream of a large cot of gold in a lake called Aughabawn near Killeshandra co Cavan, and that they were to get three black horses without a white hair in them. So they got the horses and chained them to the cot of gold and when they had it near the land a large eel jumped up and cut the chains. It was afterwards observed that there was a white hair in one of the horses fetlocks. So they lost the cot of gold.
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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
    Josephine Murray
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cappagh, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    James Curran
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cappagh, Co. Cavan