School: Loch Measca

Location:
Caherrobert, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Máire, Bean an Bhrúnaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0103, Page 360

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  3. XML “An Bhean Sí”
  4. XML “The Leprechaun”

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  1. She is to be seen when two people in one village are dead. She usually has a light in her hand, and is seen coming on the road from the dead person's house, and always crying. She is dressed in white and comes to the house where the person is dead. She makes a great noise and sometimes knocks at the door making a great rattle.
    When she is heard the people put their backs to the doors till the noise is gone away. When a person is dead if there is a light seen the people say that the person is going to Heaven. If there is a "Bean Sidhe" seen, it is said that the person is going to Purgatory.
    If there is a light seen the people say that the person is going to Heaven. They say that a light is the best, to see when a person is dying.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
        1. banshees (~369)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Annie Browne
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Inishmaine, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Miss Kate Browne
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    68
    Address
    Inishmaine, Co. Mayo
  2. There was a Leprechaun seen in Innishard one time. He was sitting on a stone, shaped like a chair and was making a shoe. He was dressed in red and had a green cap on his head. One time when he saw a man coming he ran away and was never seen again. The stone is still to be seen in the field.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.