If you drink certain wine at two o'clock in the morning for twelve nights you are supposed to find the hidden treasure.

Abstract: Story collected by Kitty Corbett, a student at Cill Muire, Sixmilebridge school (Kilmurry, Co. Clare) (no informant identified).

Original reference: 0596/2/7

 Cill Muire, Sixmilebridge [Vol. 0596, Chapter 0002]

County  The Schools' Manuscript Collection : County Clare Schools

COLLECTOR
Corbett, Kitty 
Gender
female
Location
Rosroe (Townland) 
Kilmurry (Civil parish) 
Bunratty Lower (Barony) 
Clare (County) 

Story text

transcribed at

 

Cill Muire, Sixmilebridge  [duchas:5175730]

If you drink certain wine at two o'clock in the morning for twelve nights you are supposed to find the hidden treasure.  People have tried but never succeeded.  
There is also supposed to be a pot of gold hidden by the McNamara's in Rossroe Castle.  People searched for it but did not succeed.

Resource description

Origin information
Kilmurry, Co. Clare
Date created: –
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
p. 164
Volume 0596
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Bríd Ní Chonmara.
Languages
English  
Genre
Folktale
Subject
Treasure troves--Folklore
Treasure legends--Ór i bhfolach
School location
Kilmurry Cill Mhuire Kilmurry Kilmurry Bunratty Lower Clare
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_5197728
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 0596/2/7

Suggested credit
"If you drink certain wine at two o'clock in the morning for twelve nights you are supposed to find the hidden treasure."in "The Schools' Manuscript Collection," held by University College Dublin, National Folklore Collection UCD. © University College Dublin. Digital content by: Glenbeigh Records Management, published by UCD Library, University College Dublin <https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_5197728>
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Bríd Ní Chonmara.
Funding
Supported by funding from the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Ireland), University College Dublin, and the National Folklore Foundation (Fondúireacht Bhéaloideas Éireann), 2014-2016.
Record source
Metadata creation date: 2014/2016 — Metadata created by Fiontar, Dublin City University, in collaboration with the National Folklore Collection UCD and UCD Library. Original Fiontar metadata converted into MODS by UCD Library.

School location

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