School: Baile an Chlochair, Lic Snámha (roll number 12410)
- Location:
- Ballincloher, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Pártholán Ó Gealbháin
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“The Leipreachan is a fairy. The people around here call him "The Luharagán".”
The Leipreachan is a fairy. The people around here call him "The Luharagán". He is a couple of inches in height. He lives in the woods under a toad-stool or under a dock-leaf. He wears a red pointed cap and a red jacket and a pair of shoes with the tops of them turned up. He sits up on a tree shoemaking and he has a small little hammer and he hammering away and he singing his little song.
There was a man around our place named Mick Regan who said that one evening as he was walking along he spied(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Peggy Sheehy
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Michael Sheehy
- Gender
- Male