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School: Feevagh (roll number 9517)

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Feevagh, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Seán Ó Bhaldraithe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0269D, Page 03_004

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    There is a crock of gold buried in a lane at Cloonagh, Dysart, Co. Roscommon, with two black cats minding it. Nobody can find it except a girl on horseback. If that girl goes while the cats are out she will find it; and if she puts it on the horse's mane, and gallops over the stream near by before the cats return, she will succeed in taking it away.
    If they should return while she is digging up the gold they would attack her and drive her away. Nobody has
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Cloonagh, Co. Roscommon
    Collector
    Kathleen Lynch
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Derrycahill, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Patrick Gately
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Garrynagran, Co. Roscommon