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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0988, Page 071

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    and he found what he thought was the treasure.
    The following day he went to the jeweller's shop to sell it. The jeweller laughed at him and told him he had no sense.
    when he came home he told the story to his wife. The she answered, "I heard some people say that you were a fool and indeed they made no mistake. You lost a whole day searching for that old thing and now see what happened to you. You wouldn't take my advice and it was just the price of you."
    A story is told of
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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
    Mary Sheridan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carnagh Upper, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Peter Sheridan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Carnagh Upper, Co. Cavan