School: Moyne (B.) (roll number 13989)

Location:
Moyne, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Francis Doyle
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0766, Page 408

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  1. In my district the leipreachan is generally known as a geanncanach. He is about one foot high. He is dressed in a red jacket and blue cap. It is supposed that he lives in a cave under a lone bush. It is supposed that his usual occupation is shoemaking. I often heard my father say that if you take your eyes off a geanncanach at all he will disappear. I heard the following story from a man named John Mulligan that one night he was coming home off his ceilidh in the neighbour's house. He saw a little geanncanach standing at the root of a lone bush that he had to pass by. He caught hold of him and he asked him to tell him where he would get a pot of gold. The geanncanach said that he did not know of any but there is a man behind you knows where you will get it. So he looked around but the man was not
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
        1. leprechauns (~1,007)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Tom Gray
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Birrinagh, Co. Longford