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School: Béal Átha Feorainne (C.) (roll number 15653)

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Ballyforan, Co. Roscommon
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Áine Bean Uí Chuillin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0271C, Page 19_001

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    Hidden Treasures 3-11-37.
    Hidden Treasures are valuable things which are to be found in this earth. Out fore-fathers belived that there was gold and many other valuable things hidden in forths and under trees and under Hills and in Bogs in Ireland long ago.
    I often heard my grand-father speak about gold found under a tree and one day he went digging and he found a box. There was a necklace in it and it was of pure gold, he received a lot of money for it.
    In the year 1930 as men
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    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
    Bridie Kelly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Muckloon, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Mr Dan Kelly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Muckloon, Co. Galway