School: Inis Arcáin, Dún na Séad (roll number 14065)

Location:
Gneeves, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Risteárd Mac Carrthaigh
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    A well is supposed to have been at the back of the Pound Garden and is now covered over.

    A well is supposed to have been at the back of the Pound Garden and is now covered over.
    Tobar na Scoile - tá sí i bpáirce ar a dtugtar Currach na Cille. Níl aon tuairisc le fagháil ar an gcill.
    Florence Nolan
    Nine Gneeves.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Collector
    Florence Nolan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Gneeves, Co. Cork
  2. A story.
    Long ago a man on this island was walking through a field. He found a small shoe which he said belonged to a lepracáin. He carried it home and that night one of his own shoes was carried away. He did not know what to do and next night the other shoe was taken. Next day he took the lepracáin's shoe out to clean it and he forgot it outside that night and next morning when he went for it it was gone. He noticed that there was nothing taken out of the house that
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