School: Gallbhaile (roll number 1316)

Location:
Galbally, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
Mícheál L. Mac Murchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0902, Page 167

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0902, Page 167

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    comes out in the door.
    This house is about ten feet square. There is a little garden just outside of the house where the inhabitant raises potatoes, cabbage and lettuce. The man living in it is very happy, with his old fashioned little home.
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  2. The leipreacán is a very small fellow. He is about the size of a man's hand
    The uniform he wears is a red cap and green coat. His trade is making shoes for the rest of fairies. He also carries about all the gold.
    This elf is seen mostly in old raths or along a lonely river in the shade of a sceach. He is seen about midnight
    No body is every clever enough to catch
    When you say "Give me your gold," he will say "If you dig there you will get the gold,"
    When you look away he is sure to disappear. Once a man caught him and asked him for the gold. The leipreacán
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
        1. leprechauns (~1,007)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peggy Brennan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Galbally, Co. Wexford
    Informant
    Mr M. Fortune
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    81
    Address
    Sparrowsland, Co. Wexford