School: Baile Dháithí, Dunlavin
- Location:
- Davidstown, Co. Wicklow
- Teacher: Róisín Bhreathnach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0915, Page 199
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- Some of the fairies are called Leipreacháns and they are supposed to carry a barrel of gold and a cruisgin.
Bridgid Walshe, aged about 40 years, lived in a remote part of Sligo, near Keash. One morning as she was driving out the cows, all in a sudden she saw a Leipreachan walking on the path-way before the cows.
He wore a green tight-fitting jacket, a red little cp on his head and a kilted skirt.
In one hand he held a cruisgin and the other a nicely-painted little barrel, painted green with a handle on it. She was afraid to catch him because(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Seamus Rogers
- Gender
- Male
