School: Meelick (B.)
- Location:
- Míleac, Co. an Chláir
- Teacher: Eoghan Ó Néill
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Amhrán (continued)
“There is a dear spot in Ireland ¶ That I long to see”
(continued from previous page)And the ring that my father gave her,
She sent me.
It's a far dearer pride
Than a bright gem to a queen.Sure we had not much money
But my poor mother dear
To me gave her blessing
My heart it could cheer.
- Sometimes people try to catch the leipreacháin. He lives under a mushroom in the summer and under a big stone in winter. Any time you see the leipreacháin he is making boots and he sits on a crock of gold. My father told me a story one night, that a man ran after a leipreacháin, but when he was coming near him he tripped over a stone. Whhen he got up to run after him again the leipreacháin was gone.
The mermaid lives in the sea. She is half a woman and half a fish. She gives three signs when a storm is coming. Sometimes she sits on the rocks. At other times she puts(continues on next page) - Collector
- Kevin O Moore
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Míleac, Co. an Chláir
- Informant
- Tom O Moore
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Míleac, Co. an Chláir
