School: Carraigíní (roll number 11693)
- Location:
- An Charraigeach Íochtarach, Co. Shligigh
- Teacher: Thos. Mc Gettrick
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0184, Page 0204
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all night making shoes.
One night he was cobbling, the wind was blowing very hard. The Leipreachán could not hear anything.
There was a woman living not far from where the Leipreachán stayed. She was passing by and she caught the Leipreachán and asked him for his treasure. He told her to dig down in the ground and she would get all the treasure. She started to dig and she soon came to the place where the money was. She thanked the Leipreachán and went him well pleased with how she tricked him.
Teresa Kilcoyne
Ard-na-Glass
- Collector
- Teresa Kilcoyne
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ard na nGlas, Co. Shligigh
