School: Naomh Pádraig, Knockvicar

Location:
Knockvicar, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Mícheál Ó Ceallaigh
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  1. In the middle of a fort in Mr Fryer's field in Cleen, there is a rising in the ground and in it there is supposed to be a crock of gold hidden.
    As my grandfather was passing into his home one night he saw two men about one foot in height dressed in red jackets standing on the little hill.
    Found by Nora Nic Gloinn, Cleen, Knockvicar, Boyle.
    She got it from Bernard Glynn of the same place.
    One bright night a brave man, John Daly of who is now dead, went out hunting. He passed by a
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