School: Sráid na Cathrach (B.) (roll number 8850)
- Location:
- Milltown Malbay, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Briain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0622, Page 409
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- (continued from previous page)When he came to a corner of a meadow that he had to pass it was covered and he heard a very faint little tic-tac, tic-tac. It was'nt much stronger than the ticking of the grasshopper.
Then the man went in tip toe to the spot where he heard the noise and he saw a small little man with a very wrinkled face and a great cock up in his leg and he had a little críuscín by his side and he was singing a song.
As soon as he caught sight of the man he disappeared.
The man went around to all his neighbours and told them about the little man.
The man who saw him had a lot of stories read about lepreachauns that he said that this was one. Never since their was this little man seen at that spot because he was often watched for.
The people who owned the meadow called it cíune an(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Paddy Malone
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Milltown Malbay, Co. Clare
- Informant
- Patrick Commane
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- c. 71
- Address
- Aillbrack, Co. Clare
