School: An Dubh-Chearn (roll number 9534)
- Location:
- An Dúchorrán, Co. Liatroma
- Teacher: Bean Mhic an Ríogh
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0226, Page 137
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- (continued from previous page)beside a tree) and singing a merry little song as he works. This little man is supposed to guard a pot of gold and whoever is lucky enough to catch him and to keep a close eye on him will soon be the proud possessor of, the guarded treasure. In my district a man named James Kiernan R.I.P. saw a leprechaun one Summer morning but he did not succeed in catching him.
Many stories have been told of the cunning tricks leprechauns played on mortals in order to escape giving them the pot of gold.
- The mermaid dwells in the sea. She has the head and waist of a lovely woman and the tail of a fish. Her seapalaces are made of shells(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kathleen P. Harte
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Achadh an Bhile, Co. Liatroma
- Informant
- Miss Tiernan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Caincín, Co. Liatroma
