School: Cuinche
- Location:
- Quin, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Ss. Ó Gríobhtha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0595, Page 372
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"Leipreachán".A Leipreachán is a small wild -bred old man.He wears a small green hat ,with a red trousers, and a green waist coat.he wears a pair of socks with green stripes on them, and also a pair of shoes with their toes turned up.
He is about eighteen inches in height, and he carries with him a whip ,and a case in which there is a hammer ,an awl ,leather ,and nails for mending the fairies' shoes.he does his work when sitting on a (mending) mushroom.
He lives in a wood or under a big stone .He hardly ever carries his money with him. He has it usually hidden under a tree or in a purse.I never heard of anybody around here getting his gold.
There was once a man who saw the fairy and he asked him for the crock of gold .The(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary O' Brien
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- John Hastings
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 20
- Address
- Feaghquin, Co. Clare
