School: Kingsland
- Location:
- Kingsland, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Ceallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0238, Page 326
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“Once there was a man living near Carrowrea who wanted to catch a leipreacan and become rich quickly.”
Once there was a man living near Carrowrea who wanted to catch a leiprecan and become rich quickly. He was a cobbler. He had stopped working in hopes that he might have all the more time to catch a leipreacan He once heard that if you catch a leipreacan and once take your eyes off him he will immediately disappear One night this man was coming home from rambling when he heard the tap tap of a hammer. He looked to where the pound came from and what did he see but a leipreacan. He was busily mending shoes. The man stole up to him and quickly caught him He called him for a pot of gold. The leipreacan said watch yourself or the dog behind you will bite you. The man was well up and did not look behind but said give me a pot of gold. Let me go said the leipreacan and I will show you where it is hidden. Off goes the leipreacan to a big tree and said under this tree that gold is hidden. Then the fairy ran away. The man got a(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Patrick O' Connor
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Carrowreagh, Co. Roscommon
- Informant
- Miss Bridget Shanley
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 76
- Address
- Carrowreagh, Co. Roscommon