School: Virginia (B)
- Location:
- Virginia, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: E. O' Reilly
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1000, Page 297
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- There was a story told about a man who caught a Lepreachan. The man said he would let him go if he told where he would find a crock of gold. The Lepreachan told the man to dig deep down beside the nearest tree.
The man started and after about an hour's digging he came to a strong chest. When he opened it all he found in it was stones. If he had let the Lepreachan dig for the chest he would have got the gold in it.
- There is a story told about a man who caught a Lepreachan. This(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Brian Matthews
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Virginia, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Jean Daly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Billis, Co. Cavan
