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School: Kilskeer (B.) (roll number 1421)

Location:
Kilskeer, Co. Meath
Teachers:
Máirtín Ó Loingsigh R. Ó Fithcheallaigh
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    On the hill of Carrick there was a fairy living under a rock and he used always come out and sit on top of the rock.
    So one day a certain man who was herding this land caught the fairy and said to him, "Where is your crock of gold", and the fairy said "I will give it to you if you let me go, and the man said, "I will let you go if you do so, "well follow me he said and the man kept a tight holt of him.
    The fair kept going until he came to a big, big m. rock, and just as the fairy went in, the man got his crock of gold and his is a rich man now. The man
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
        1. leprechauns (~1,007)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Bernard Carolan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Crossakeel, Co. Meath
    Informant
    Joseph Carolan
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Crossakeel, Co. Meath