School: Coratillon

Location:
Corratillan, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
Michael O' Beirn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0966, Page 352

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  1. 3rd Story.
    Once, a man caught a lepireachan, and he asked him, where would he find a crock of gold, and the lepireachan said
    '' under a bush '', showing him a bush, under which he would get it. The man tied a red rag around the bush,so that he would remember it. When he arose in the morning he went out to dig up the gold but all the bushes in the field were tied with red rags. The man did not know what was the one he sought.
    Stories like these are common all over the country of leipreachans tricking human beings.
    The leipreachan's usual
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
        1. leprechauns (~1,007)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maureen Byrne
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Muineal, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Mr M. Byrne
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Muineal, Co. Cavan