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School: Brosna (roll number 12572)

Location:
Brusna, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Tomás Mac Carúin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0242, Page 036

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    In this district the Leiprechan is known as the sidhe-og. This being is about six or seven inches tall and dresses in a knee breeches, red jacket and green hat. He also wears pointed shoes which he makes himself. He lives in an earthen fence or a hole in the ground near a lios or fort.
    At midnight he is to be found fixing shoes under a mushroom or dock-leaf. He keeps his pot of gold beside him. A man from this district caught him. The Leiprechan told him his gold was buried in a certain spot, but when the man dug for it he found nothing.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
        1. leprechauns (~1,007)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Seamus O' Donnell
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Boghtaduff, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Dominick O' Donnell
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Boghtaduff, Co. Roscommon