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School: Belvoir, Kilkishen

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Belvoir, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Bríd Ní Chadhla
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0586, Page 003

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    Many people in my neighbourhood went to look for gold in different places but none ever got any or anything of the likes.
    This is a story which was told to me by a neighbour. There is a place a couple of hundred yards from my house on the road to Kilkishen called the "Góirtín" where there is said to be gold hidden under a tree.
    Did anybody try to get it?
    Yes. One night two men in Clonbrick dreamed of the gold being under the tree in the "Góirtín" and they would find a pipe over the gold. When morning came they were conversing. One man
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Sheila Baylee
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Enagh North, Co. Clare
    Informant
    Mr Stephen Collins
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Enagh North, Co. Clare