School: Díseart, Inis
- Location:
- Dysert, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Séamus Mac Glúin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0613, Page 046
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- It is very interesting to hear the old people tell stories about a little man called the Leprechaun. The following story is one which I heard related by my grandfather.
One bright night as Tom Fitzgerald of Kilnamona was coming from his cuard he stopped outside a place called Ring fort to put on his overcoat and he heard the faint tapping. He went in and under an oak tree sat the small man with a hammer in his hand. He was dressed in a bright green cap and a red jacket. He wore queer shoes with pointed tops. Tom stole quietly behind him and grasped him round the body. The little man gave a loud roar but he could not free himself
Then the Leprechaun turned round and said, "Mind yourself(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Eileen Keane
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Drumcurreen, Co. Clare
- Informant
- Mr John Sullivan
- Relation
- Grandparent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 73
- Address
- Drumcurreen, Co. Clare
