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1. Béaloideas - Ór i dTaisce inár gCeantar

   

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   003 Béaloideas - Ór i dTaisce inár gCeantar. Gold is supposed to be hidden under an ash tree in Glenletterfinny,in a glen.The glen is at the bottom of Mount Callan, two and a half miles from Connolly .It is near a house belonging to Thomas Reidy.They say gold is hidden there.It is inside in an oven and a fairy cat minding the oven.He is much larger than ordinary cat.He has great long nails in his paws .If anyone tries to get the gold ,he would turn them into a stone.he is a white as snow and as big as a dog .He was seen thirty or forty years ago .My grandfather's father saw him. Daniel Reidy was his name.One night he said to his wife he would go searching for gold on the following day .he went to bed and as soon as he was in

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   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mary Kelly

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Ceann Toirc, Co. an Chláir

   Informant

   Mrs Downes

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   68

   Address

   Ceann Toirc, Co. an Chláir