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School: Duleek (C.) (roll number 3114)

Location:
Duleek, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Dhonnchadha
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    his wife were at dinner. They told him to come in and have some dinner. The leprechaun laughed again. On this account the man told him he had to stay in the box for another seven years.
    At the end of the last seven years the man was three days from home. One day going to a fair one day at the fair and one day coming home from the fair. He was not inside the door when the wife came running out to tell the man the leprechaun had escaped. The man looked round and what did he
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
        1. leprechauns (~1,007)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Patrick White
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Duleek, Co. Meath