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School: Balrath (roll number 9770)

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Balrath, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
Bean Uí Oirghiall
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0738, Page 116

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  1. Stories of the Leprechaun

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    In former times people in this district had more belief in fairies and leprechauns than they have nowadays. It was believed that a leprechaun was a wee man about six inches high and worked as a cobbler for the fairies. He sits on a mushroom in fine weather andd sits under it when it is raining.
    My father told me this story. One evening at dusk my grandfather was out in a field when suddenly he saw a leprechaun making a shoe. He stole (up) on him and caught him. (The leprechaun promised he would not but when my)
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
        1. leprechauns (~1,007)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Gretta Sargent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Farrow, Co. Westmeath