School: Carnaross, Kells (roll number 3852)
- Location:
- Carnaross, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Mícheál Ó Ceallaigh
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- It is said that there was a Leprecan joking people and if they turn their head's he will run away to his glen and if they keep their eyes on him he will give them the crock of gold.
You would see a Leprecan of a bright, starry night. He is seen making shoes on a tall tree.
He is dressed in red and brown.
He has short trousers on him.
He is to be heard hammering the shoe on his knee. He has a crock of gold at his side and always one in the ground.
You would want to go up to him quiet and nice or he would run away. He does be under the shade of a tree. He is a very, very small man. It is not in the same place he lives always and on that(continues on next page)
