School: Boher (roll number 9409)

Location:
Bracknahevla, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
T. Kavanagh
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    times around it, and then ran into it.
    They had terrible laughing inside. The escaped leipreachan told the fairies that a man kept him imprisoned for a year and a day. I would not tell him where the gold was" he said. "A crock of gold is under the foot of the bed in the ground," said the leipreachán. The man went home and dug up his crock of gold.
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
        1. leprechauns (~1,007)
    Language
    English