School: Gallbhaile (roll number 1316)

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1. Old Houses (continued)

   

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   comes out in the door.

   This house is about ten feet square. There is a little garden just outside of the house where the inhabitant raises potatoes, cabbage and lettuce. The man living in it is very happy, with his old fashioned little home.

   

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2. The Leipreachán

   

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   The leipreacán is a very small fellow. He is about the size of a man's hand The uniform he wears is a red cap and green coat. His trade is making shoes for the rest of fairies. He also carries about all the gold. This elf is seen mostly in old raths or along a lonely river in the shade of a sceach. He is seen about midnight No body is every clever enough to catch When you say "Give me your gold," he will say "If you dig there you will get the gold," When you look away he is sure to disappear. Once a man caught him and asked him for the gold. The leipreacán

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   Topics

   1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
         1. leprechauns (~1,007)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Peggy Brennan

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Galbally, Co. Wexford

   Informant

   Mr M. Fortune

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   81

   Address

   Sparrowsland, Co. Wexford