School: Baile Nua, Tulach an Iarainn (roll number 5093)
- Location:
- Ballynoe, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Risteárd Ó Briain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0380, Page 165
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- The LeprechaunThe Leprechaun is a favourite figure in Irish Mythology. He is depicted as a fairy shoe - maker, carrying a miniature hammer and last, and an old shoe, which is supposed to be always undergoing the process of being re-soled. Many tales have been told, of encounters with the Leprechaun, but nobody has ever succeeded in extracting the secret of the crock of gold.A man named Michael Barrett. Ballynattin, Ballynoe, Tallow, Co Waterford, informed me that a fairy rath, in the neighbourhood was frequented by a Leprechaun some fifty years ago and that the "tap, tap", of his hammer could be heard quite clearly. On one occasion as he returned from work late one moon - light night, he happened to glance at the fort, and to his amazement hew saw a tiny figure sitting under a how-thorn bush, which grew on the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary O' Keeffe
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballynattin, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Mr M. Barrett
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballynattin, Co. Cork
