School: Cill Cruim / Killocrim (roll number 17072)

Location:
Killacrim, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Micheál Óg Ó Catháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0407D, Page 11_024

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    put her spancil up in the tree where the gold was and went back to tell her master. When they returned golden spancils were hanging off all the trees and she could know her own one or find the gold. That is why it is called the fort of spancils.
    Another proof that gold is hidden there. One night a man in Finuge dreamt that there was gold under a stone. He got up and went down with three other men. They started digging. They had just reached the gold when four white horses
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Language
    English
    Location
    Finuge, Co. Kerry
    Collector
    M. Ní Ailpín
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs Halpin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Finuge, Co. Kerry