In a village not far from Boyle there lived an old woman called Kitty Luke. One evening as she was going milking she saw a small little red man under a holly-bush singing away. She pounced upon him and told him she would not let him go until he would tell her where the money was. He let a yell and said "Hush" the cow will kick you" Kitty turned her head and there was no cow and when she looked again the little man was gone. She told the story when she went home and her son said, "If I see the rogue I will not take my eyes off him until he shows me where the money is buried." Some time after as Kitty's son was passing the
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