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School: Kildavin, Ferns

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Kildavin, Co. Carlow
Teacher:
Tadhg de Brí
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0911, Page 290

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  1. Homemade Toys (continued)

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    strands of wire together. They made a loop at one end and tied a peg to the other. They put the peg in the ground and left the loop so as the rabbit would go into it.
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  2. The Leipreachán

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    Late one night a man named Byrne who lived near Myshall, was driving home from the fair in Newtownbarry, as he was going down a steep hill near his house a Leipreachán jumped up on the car and snatched the reins out of his hands.
    He brought him a
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
        1. leprechauns (~1,007)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eily Fennelly
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs Nolan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    73
    Occupation
    Shopkeeper
    Address
    Ballyshancarragh, Co. Carlow