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Title	Buried treasure
Genre	Legend
Description	Ruth Hagerty is both the collector and informant in this legend about buried treasure in LaPorte County, Indiana.
Informant	Hagerty, Ruth
Collector	Hagerty, Ruth
Date of Original	1936-01-01
Contextual Information	The following LaPorte County legend, "Buried Treasure" is a very common story in that area and is still believed by many older folks. The mass media has carried several stories concerning finds of old coins which rekindle interest in the legend. "Buried Treasure contains elements of two motifs; N511.1, 'Treasure buried by men,' and K335.1, 'Robber frightened from goods." The LaPorte file contains a wide variety of folk material. There are several legends of miraculous cures, many place name legends, several tall tales, and several memorates.
Repository	Indiana State University Folklore Archives, Special Collections, Cunningham Memorial Library, Terre Haute, Indiana 47809
Coverage	United States -- Indiana -- LaPorte County -- 1936
Subject	Treasure hunts Coins Robberies
WV3 Subject	Folklore
Type	Text
Material Type	Interviews
Date Digital	2012-09-14
Technical Metadata	image/tiff 300 dpi; Epson GT-20000; Epson Scan
Copyright	Digital image copyright c 2010 Indiana Folklore Collection.
Item ID	isuf- Buriedtreasure001

Buried treasure

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