School: Gleann Coirib (roll number 6763)
- Location:
- Glencorrib, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Seán Ó Hargadáin
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- A Pot of Gold
There was once a man who was out one evening walking. He heard a ticking under a mushroom and over he went to it.
He saw a little man sitting under it and he was making a pair of tiny shoes. He caught him for he knew quite well that he was one of the good people and brought him home.
He then put him into a small box for he knew quite well that he was a leprehán because he was making shoes for the fairies. He also knew that the leprehán could tell where a pot of gold was to be found, and he asked him to tell where there was a pot of gold to be found.
This man was married and every time that his wife would go into the room the little man would begin to laugh. There was a step at the room-door and every time that(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kathleen Reilly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Bunnafollistran, Co. Mayo
