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School: Coillte Críotáin

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Erris, Co. Roscommon
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Nóra Nic Aodhgáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0236, Page 469

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  1. Leipreachans (continued)

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    they would get the cows. They got the cows and soon the breed of those cows spread through the country and that is why the white, the red, and the black cows are the best, so it is said.
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    3. Once upon a time there was a Leipreachan. He lived under a mushroom and at night he used to make shoes. Round twelve o'clock he used to be heard hammering . One night a certain man was trying to find him
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
        1. leprechauns (~1,007)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Michael Tivenan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cornaglia, Co. Roscommon