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1. The Leprechaun

   

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   In Aughnasheelin which is three miles or more from Ballinamore Co.Leitrim there was a fairies fort over one hundred years ago. A little man : - a leprechaun used to fix the shoes for the fairies. He lived in a hole in the root of a tree. One day a man was walking by the tree, and he heard the noise of the leprechauns hammer. He turned round, and he caught the leprechaun by the neck and he said to him " where is your pot of gold?" The leprechaun walked along with the man to the place where the gold was. The place was all trees and the man had no shovel or spade with him, so he tied a string to the tree where the gold was, and he went home for a spade. When he came back there was a string on every one of the trees, and he did not know which tree to dig under, and so he was tricked.

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Maureen Moran

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   11

   Address

   Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim

   Informant

   Mr John Sweeney

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   73

   Occupation

   Farmer

   Address

   Killaneen, Co. Leitrim