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School: Carrigans (B.)

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Carrigan, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
P. Ó Dochartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0991, Page 049

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    Patrick Gaffney says there is a porringer of gold coins hidden in James McCabe's garden at the back of the house in Carrigan Ballinagh. James Mc Cabe made several attempts to get it. He knocked on of the trees in the garden but failed to get it. The teller says it was hidden by the moon light and that the man who hid it hid it in a straight line between James Mc Cabe's door and the moon. The teller does not know why the porringer of gold were put there or when it was put there or the man who put it there.
    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
    Owen Lynch
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    13
    Address
    Corduff, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Patrick Gaffney
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    77
    Address
    Corduff, Co. Cavan