School: Baile an Chlochair, Lic Snámha (roll number 12410)
- Location:
- Ballincloher, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Pártholán Ó Gealbháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0411, Page 402
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“The Leipreachan is a small man about two feet and a half.”
The Leipreachan is a small man about two feet and a half. he wears a green coat and a red cap. He lives in a fort. He is often called a Lorgagan. he makes shoes for the rest of the fairies, and the people say that he carries his tools to the nearest house where he is working. long ago he was living on a fort in Lissoughteragh. Every night he used to go to Conways house, and people used to have the table laid for him, and this night they had no milk in the jug. When they got up in the morning, there was a hole of an awl in the bottom of the jug. One night they had no spring water inside. There were nine small cups in a row in the middle of the floor. Every(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Jerry Moloney
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Maurice Shanahan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Liscullane, Co. Kerry