School: Coole (roll number 3936)
- Location:
- Coole, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: T. Mac Cormaic
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0719, Page 466
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - The Leipreachan is a very small man. He wears a green jacket and a red cap. He lives in old Forts, ruins and Castles. They reason why he inhabits those places is because it is said that the Danes buried a lot of gold in them and that he is minding it still.
Long ago if people happened to see him he would be making boots and others say he would be making clay pipes. If any one did any harm to the Leipreachan he would always revenge it on him.
Long ago there was a small boy herding cattle out in bottoms and he used to change them into a different field for the night. One evening as he drove them into the field he saw a little man sitting on a large stone in the field. It was the Leipreachan. He had a white rod in his hand and he(continues on next page)
