School: Lower Warren (roll number 7793)
- Location:
- Warren Lower, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Liam Mac Coiligh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0746, Page 459
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- There is a moat in Twyford. It is made with earth. A man saw a Leiprechan making shoes under a bush at this moat. The man walked slowly and he caught him and asked him for the pot of gold. The Leiprechan said to the man there is a big lion going to eat you and the man looked around and when he turned back the Leiprechan was gone and he got no gold.
One evening a man heard a noise at the moat and then he saw a little man with a red cap and a green jacket on him. The little man went in behind a tree and the other man went to look for the little man but could(continues on next page) - Collector
- Fred Hughes
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Bealin, Co. Westmeath
- Informant
- Ned Malone
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Bealin, Co. Westmeath
