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School: Lacken and Leny (roll number 3244)

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Lackan, Co. Westmeath
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S, Mac Shamhráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0738, Page 189

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    the following story. Her husband Michael Kerrigan was walking through Clonave bog when he saw a Leipreachan sitting under a bush and he was mending a very small pair of shoes. He was a little bigger than a man's fist. When Michael Kerrigan saw him he made his way towards him intending to catch him and get the gold, but unluckily he tripped over a stick and fell, and when he got up the Leipreachan was gone.
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    Joe Carolan, Ballinalack, Rathowen, Co. Westmeath aged about 60 told this story. There is a Leipreachan in Clonave bog and he was seen by a man named Tom Cox. He was going home from Multyfarnham and he had to cross Clonave bog. While he was going through a wood in the bog he saw a Leipreachan sitting under a mushroom and he was working away making a shoe and he had a red three cornered hat. He was only the size of a man's fist. Tom Cox tried to catch him but he disappeared.
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
        1. leprechauns (~1,007)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    James Mac Cormack
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    c. 40
    Address
    Bunbrosna, Co. Westmeath