School: An Gleann (roll number 14113)
- Location:
- Glen, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Proinnsias Ó Ciaráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0179, Page 325
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- (continued from previous page)firkins of butter to sell went to Sligo and every big town.
- The leipreachan is a small tiny little man not as big as a sod of turf. He himself is only about two inches tall and the hat which he wears is about the same height. His clothes and hat are all of a red colour. He lives with the fairies in forts or under a rock or in a dark corner of a field. The work he generally does is mending fairies shoes and gathering gold. The shoes which he wears have pointed turned up toes. Once a woman sent her son Peadar to the well for a can of water. On his way he met a Leipreachan caught him and asked him for a crock of gold. The Leipreachan made up several excuses but he would not let him go. He(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Martha Mc Keon
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Rathmulpatrick, Co. Sligo
- Informant
- Patrick Mc Keon
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
- Address
- Rathmulpatrick, Co. Sligo
