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School: Loughduff (B.)

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Loughduff, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
M. Ó Heidhin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0988, Page 020

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  1. Hidden Treasures

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    There is a number of hidden in the Derries. On the North end of Daoi[?[ Mór there is a pan of gold and a chain and pistol hid. It was hidden by the Danes. One day when a man named Patrick Masterson was making a ditch he got the chain and pan. There is a crock of gold hidden beside Carnagh river. Many old people dreamt of it but they never looked for it. It is said that it is minded by water cats and a life is to be lost at the digging for it. It is worth about five hundred pounds.
    On an island in Carnagh lough a man named John Reilly found a bar of gold
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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
    James Brennan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Derries, Co. Cavan