School: Tallanstown (roll number 2746)
- Location:
- Baile an Tallúnaigh, Co. Lú
- Teacher: E. Mac Gráinnne
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0667, Page 215
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- A Lepreachán
Fairies or gancaords are names given to a race of very small people. In height they are about two feet. They dress in bright colours red and green with a tall spiked cap of the same colours. Their homes are in caves under mounts. It is said that it is very unlucky to cut a bush or any shrub that grows on these mounts.
Fairies are seen in the morning sitting on small stools cobbling shoes. In such ways men catch fairies.
When they catch them they hold them tight and make them tell where the crock of gold is. Sometimes wise men get crocks of gold because when the fairy tries to draw his attention to something else the man passes no remarks but keeps his eyes fixed on the little fairy and gets the gold in this way.
- A Lepreachán
A Lepreachán wears a little green jacket a pair of white trousers and a red cap. He was seen by a certain man whose name I do not know. When he was seen he had a little hammer and a last.
The last was the shape and size of a dog's paw.(continues on next page) - Collector
- Colman O Brien
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Baile an Tallúnaigh, Co. Lú
- Informant
- Mrs O Brien
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Baile an Tallúnaigh, Co. Lú
