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School: Windgap (C.), Thomastown (roll number 5698)

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Windgap, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Bean Mhic Eóin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0851, Page 299

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  1. The Leipreacán

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    About fifteen or twenty years ago it is said that Jack Cahill of Killamery caught a leipreachan. He was got on a big stone up on a hill. Nobody believed him until the night after he brought it down in a box inside his coat. It was about nine inches in height and he was dressed in a little red coat. His occupation was cobbling or shoemaking.
    The man kept for a couple of nights until at last he had to let him
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
        1. leprechauns (~1,007)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Florence Blair
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    James Kelly
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    66
    Address
    Killamery, Co. Kilkenny