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1. Old Treasure Found

   

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   There was a man who lived in the lowland of Taghart and he owned a large farm of land. He owned some parts of the mountain and a little meadow at the mountain. One day when he and the servant were moulding potatoes in the little meadow, he touched something which gave a single like a pot or something made from steel.
   he told the servant to go and look at the cows which were on the mountain and when he had gone out of sight, Mr Kincade looked to see what it was. He found it was a pot of sovereigns. He lifted the pot, which was very heavy, and he went home with it.
   When his servant came back, Mr Kincade was not there. he came back shortly but he did not tell his servant what he discovered Mr Kincade went to Dublin in a week or so and sold Dublin in a week or so and sold the half of them. He sold them very cheap, as he did not know

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   History Edit

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Florence Roundtree

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Gartnaneane, Co. Cavan

   Informant

   Mr James Roundtree

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Gartnaneane, Co. Cavan