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School: Ballyfin, Mountrath (roll number 15537)

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Ballyfin, Co. Laois
Teacher:
Seosamh Mac Giolla Fhionáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0833, Page 236

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  1. The Leipreachán

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    This fairy is called the Leipreachan. He is said to be a very small little fellow. People say he is dressed in red. He lives under a fairy tree in (il) a glen. He makes shoes and boots for the fairies to dance with. There is a glen at the of our house, and fairies are supposed to have lived in it long ago. I never heard any stories about the Leipreachan. I never heard of the Leipreachan helping people.
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  2. The Leipreachán

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    The leipreachan is known to be a small man about a foot high. It is said that he wears a little blue cap and a red coat. He is supposed to live with the fairies.
    There was a local man in this parish who saw a leipreachan at the Strand
    This man is supposed to have been coming home
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
        1. leprechauns (~1,007)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Fingleton
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballylusk, Co. Laois