School: Allenwood
- Location:
- Allenwood, Co. Kildare
- Teacher: Seán Ó Clúmháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0774, Page 271
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- The Leprecaun.The Leprecaun is a little fairy man. He is dressed in a red coat, green trousers, yelllow conical cap with silk stockings and black patent shoes with silver buckles. He only comes out on a moonlight night. He sits on a caise puca under a lone bush. He mends fairy mens shoes and he also puts shoes on the fairy horses. While he is shoeing the fairy horses he sings.Tick, tack, too a nail in your shoe
Gentleman your horse is shod
He has a jug of (the)(continues on next page)
- Collector
- N. Connelly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Grangeclare West, Co. Kildare
- Informant
- Margaret Lyons
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Grangeclare West, Co. Kildare
