School: Ballydurrow
- Location:
- Ballaghdorragh, Co. an Chabháin
- Teacher: S. Ó Hadarnáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0998, Page 364
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- Local Story about a Leprechain
Lepreachans were called locally in this district as geanncanach's. They are about two feet in height, and they wear a red cap and coat and are seen mostly on a moonlight night at the back of a rock, mending a pair of shoes. As you pass you would hear the tick, tack of his hammer working late at night. One Saturday morning a woman named Nellie Smyth was going to the market of Kells with a basket of eggs. As she was coming round the rocks of barrckavee, she heard a noise of the hammer and soon she heard a tiny voice saying where are you going? She went up to him and caught him by the neck. So she went on and asked him to get her a pot of gold. He said she was the finest woman he ever saw. After a while he began to throw out some eggs, and the woman found his tricks. She gave him a good blow, and said don't be beating me, for I am doing you a favour(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Carmel Bough
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Achadh an tSeagail, Co. an Chabháin
- Informant
- Michael Bough
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Achadh an tSeagail, Co. an Chabháin
