School: Killasnett (roll number 9533)
- Location:
- Curraghfore, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Eoghan Mac Oirealla
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0192, Page 119
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- A Leprechaun
One night at a late hour a man was passing through a wood and he heard hamring. Suddenly he taught to himself that it was a Leprechaun that was mending boots. He walked slowely to the place where he thought he heard the hammring and cot the leprechaun by the neck and asked him for his purse of money. The leprechaun said that he had no money and the man began to choce him the leprechaun put his hand in his pocket and took out a box of sung [snuff?] and threw it into the mans face(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Eamonn Fox
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Lisnabrack, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- Frank Fox
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 70
- Address
- Lisnabrack, Co. Leitrim
