School: Baile Idir Dhá Abhainn (roll number 13196)
- Location:
- Riverstown, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Ml. Mac Lochlainn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0180, Page 161
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - Long ago there were supposed to be many leipreachans in Ireland. There are many stories told about them especially by the old people. Leipreachans were small men who used to wear red coats.
It is said that one day a woman was walking through the fields when she saw a leipreachan. She went up quietly behind him.
She had a knife in her hand and she said she would cut the head off him if he would not tell her where to find a pot of gold.
He then told her to look over there at the house that was burning. She did not as she knew he would disappear(continues on next page)
