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1. The Leprechaun (continued)

   

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   woman is heard hushing a baby to sleep under a bush in it. There is another field called ‘March Hill’ and that is where the men of ’98 used to be training with their pikes on moonlight nights. Other people have heard the hunt go up through it late at night and Mr Daly who was freemason met the devil at the Stepping Stones. The Stepping Stones are large stones laid down in the Harristown River so that a person can cross to the other side without getting wet. This river divides Harristown from Sillogue.
   One Friday night Mr Daly was coming home late after playing cards. He had lost heavily and the stranger offered to make him a rich man. Suddenly he looked down and saw the cloven foot so he realised that it was the

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
         1. leprechauns (~1,007)

   Language

   English

   Informant

   Elizabeth Fields

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Coultry, Co. Dublin