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  1. Leprechauns and Mermaids (continued)

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    used to happen. The man told his neighbours about it. That night they watched the cart. About three o'clock in the night the saw a lepreachan walking up the street. When the lepreachan saw them he ran away and from that night out the man never got a half crown in the cart.
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    The lepreachan is known locally as the geanncanach. He works under a mushroom. He wears a red cap which is supposed to be a flower off the foxglove.
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    Topics
    1. gníomhairí (~1)
      1. neacha neamhshaolta agus osnádúrtha (~14,864)
        1. leipreacháin (~1,007)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Phelim O' Reilly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Achadh an Iúir, Co. an Chabháin
    Informant
    Owen O' Reilly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Achadh an Iúir, Co. an Chabháin