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    There is a crock of gold hidden in Leinster's Fort, Dernakesh, Cootehill. It is supposed to have been hidden there by the Danes.
    One day two men went to the fort to dig for the crock of gold but they did not find it that day. They went back the next morning to dig but when they reached it the clay was rolled back and there was no sign of where they had been digging the day before. So they went home and they did not come back again.
    It is likely that the treasure is there still.
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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
    Annie Smith
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Corragarry, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Mr. Owen Smith
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    56
    Address
    Corragarry, Co. Cavan