School: Virginia (B)
- Location:
- Virginia, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: E. Ó Raghallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1001, Page 013
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- (continued from previous page)the hole and pulled down the stones round it. But instead of seeing the bird they saw a middle sized vessel. James caught hold of the vessel and what was it but a tea-pot. He looked inside and it was full of gold and silver - about a hundred pounds mostly in sovereigns. The person that hid this was a very wise person. So they brought it home and from that day to this day they always had good luck and were always rich. This is about seventy years ago.
- According to the history of this district we are told that on one of the islands of Lough Ramour there was a castle. This castle belonged to the O'Reilly chieftains in the time of the trouble. The O'Reilly chieftains cast all his gold and silver vessels into the lake. It lay there for a few years. [Crossed out: T] They were discovered in a hole with a trunk of a tree over it.
- Collector
- Paddy Mc Govern
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Virginia, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Nan Mc Govern
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 15
- Address
- Virginia, Co. Cavan
