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School: Baile Meadhonach (roll number 10675)

Location:
Ballymanagh, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Micheal Ó Raghallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0036, Page 0187

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  1. The Leipreachan

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    The local name the leipreachan has, is the fairy cobbler, the lutharagan, and the "greasaide". He is about two feet in height. He wears a red coat, and trousers and a red cap, and a pair of (turned) boots with turned up tops. He lives in forts, and woods. His usual occupation is making shoes. Stories are told of people who caught the leipreachan and endevoured to get the gold. One day a man by the name of Patrick McTigue, Bricken, Craughwell, and he put him into a box. The leipreachan was continually calling "im o me" that is I will go. The man.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
        1. leprechauns (~1,007)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Brigid Hynes
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Colesgrove, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Stephen Donohoe
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballymanagh, Co. Galway