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   Funny Story There was once a man who was very afraid of lepreacons. The king of the lepreacons was nearly always seen sitting on a mushroom mending fairy shoes. This man had a hump and one day when he was coming home from a fair he stopped to rest by a fort, when he heard music, and he began to get afraid and to shout. When the lepreacons heard him, they came out to see what was the matter. They brought him to a castle and out of the castle came a little red haired woman and she asked him if he could sing and he said "yes" the woman then siad "Come in here" and she took a saw off the wall and cut off his hump. He then went home full of joy to the village and told

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   AT0503: The Gifts of the Little People

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Maureen Mc Keagney

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   12

   Address

   Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim

   Informant

   Mr John Brennan

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim