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1. Leipreachán Stories (continued)

   

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   but the leipreachaun threw the box of snuff into his face. When he had stopped sneezing poor Padraig looked round for his pot of gold, but all he could see was a pot of withered leaves.
   In ancient times, so the people relate, there lived in Lough Shean a beautiful mermaid. Every morning, at sunrise she used to rise from the lake and sit on a rock about three hundred yards from the shore and sing a weird "caoinead" which could be heard for miles around. The man from whom I heard this told me that his grandfather who had seen the mermaid, described her as the most beautifulu creature ever a human being laid eyes on. Her fair golden hair fell in ripples down below her waist, while her skin was as white as snow, and her

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Marjorie Carney

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Estersnow, Co. Roscommon

   Informant

   Mr Martin Gaffney

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Ballyfarnon, Co. Roscommon