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1. Hidden Gold

   

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   There is supposed to be a crock of gold hidden in Ballykelly wood, and there is a tradition that the Danes hid it there when they were leaving Ireland. There is a leprechaun minding it, and there is a light to be seen there every night. If ten men went they would get the gold, but one of them would be killed. One time ten Ballykelly men determined to get it, and they took a disabled man with them, thinking that he would be killed.
   But when they reached the wood their courage failed them to take the gold.

   

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2. Local Tradition

   

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   A long time ago, a wicked woman lived in the townland of Violet Hill. When any one used to pass her house, she used to kill them by the power of the devil. On one occasion a priest sent a man on horseback with a knife to stick her. The man stuck the knife in her, and she told him to pull it and stick it again, but he would not. Then she went in a ball of fire to the island of Doon lake. She is there to the present day, and every seven years she comes out making ropes in the sand.

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   Language

   English

   Informant

   John Kelliher

   Gender

   Male

   Occupation

   Farmer

   Address

   Broadford, Co. Clare