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School: Castleterra

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Ss. Ó Ciosóig
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0973, Page 086

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    Leipreachans are about six inches high. They live in forts. Leipreachans work is cobbling shoes. People try to catch Leipreachans. It is supposed that Leipreachans have crocks of gold. There (There) was never any Leipreachans caught locally.
    There was a man who cut bushes in a fort. One day he was cutting a bush. A branch hit him in the eye. He lost sight of the eye and never got it back again. If a person interferes with forts some person in the house gets sick or cows die with out cause.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
        1. leprechauns (~1,007)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maura T. O' Reilly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Castleterra, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Micheal Brady
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Lisatoo, Co. Cavan