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School: Newtown National School (roll number 9549)

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Newtown (Guest), Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
(name not given)
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    1. There is a fort near Garrawn Cottage.
    2. You go down Garrawn lane off the main road, going from Roscrea to Cloughjordan.
    3. There is a big spring well in the centre of the fort.
    4. There are bullets and hatchets, and guns, and bous and arrows, hidden in under the ground tunnel in the fort.
    5. The people who own the fort, their names are Guests.
    6. There is an under ground tunnel, running from Guests fort, to Ryans fort.
    The Danes fought in this fort long ago.
    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
    Wesley Armitage
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Behamore (Smith), Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Mr John Blackwell
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Behamore (Smith), Co. Tipperary