School: Scoil na mBráthar (roll number 16739)

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1. Hidden Treasure

   

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   248 (1) There is a small island in the river Boro. In this river there is a treasure hidden. It consists of a crock of gold. Everybody is afraid to dig for it because it is protected by a sow and bonhams. Others say an eel with wings is in charge of it. In the Corrig graveyard there is supposed to be a treasure. A man dreamt about it three nights in succession. The treasure was supposed to be hidden between four trees. The man was to tie a piece of cord from tree to tree and dig, but the man was afraid to dig for the treasure.

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   Topics

   1. seánra
      1. creidiúint (~391)
         1. creidiúint choiteann (~2,535)
            1. ór i bhfolach (~7,411)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Peter Redmond

   Gender

   Male

   Informant

   James Redmond

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   50

   Occupation

   Labourer

   Address

   Eadardroimín Beag, Co. Loch Garman

2. Hidden Treasure

   

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   (2) About six miles north of Enniscorthy there is a wood called Kil Aughrim wood. Long ago a beggar lived there, and he found the treasure. It so happened that outside his door there were five trees in the shape of a square and he wandered what it was.
   One morning he was awakened by a noise outside the house. He looked out and saw a lepracaun he went out and caught it, he brought it in and put it in a pot. That evening when he came

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