School: Baile Meadhonach (roll number 10675)
- Location:
- An Baile Meánach, Co. na Gaillimhe
- Teacher: Micheal Ó Raghallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0036, Page 0188
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- (continued from previous page)after a while got tired listening to his cry, and he let him off. Another man caught the leipreachan, and asked him where he had the pot of gold hidden, and he told him it was under a certain flower in the field. The man put a red ribbon around the flower and returned home for a spade to dig for the gold. When he came back with the spade all the flowers in the field were tied with red ribbons. He is never seem during the day. He is a very clever little man. He tries many tricks to make you turn your eyes off him because if you turn your eyes off him he will disappear. leipreachans are looked(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Brigid Hynes
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Garrán Niocóil, Co. na Gaillimhe
- Informant
- Stephen Donohoe
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- An Baile Meánach, Co. na Gaillimhe
