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School: Seefin (B. & C.) (roll number 12874)

Location:
Seefin, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
James P. Byrne
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0096G, Page 01_005

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  1. Folklore - Hidden Gold

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    About three miles from Seefin school, there is an old castle called Coolcun castle. The old folks say that there is a pot of gold burried (buried) under one of the rooms. One day a man and his hound went into this castle he saw an old woman minding the pot of gold. After that there us supposed to be a woman minding it. When the woman saw the
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Willie Joe Cunningham
    Gender
    Male