School: Cuilleán
- Location:
- Cuillaun, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: León P. Mac Eachmharaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0098, Page 087
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- (continued from previous page)He told the man to look at the crock of Gold that was beside. The man looked but there was no gold. When he turned back again the Leipreacán was gone.
- "Leaprácans" were very plentiful long ago There lived a man named Micahel Cumman in Park, Irishtown who often met a Leipreacín He never took any money from him. This Leipracán was dressed in red and blue clothes always. He was a shoemaker and made a pair of shoes for Michael Cumman. He was about 2 1/2 ft highMichael Daly seen a merrymade when he was coming from England She came up oin the rocks and began to sing She half like a fish and half like a woman.There was a Leipreacán in John Burkes lios He wore a red jacket and cap Her was always making shoes. He lived under the ground. He never came out until after 12 o clock at night He had a crock of gold under the ground but nobody ever found it. Nobody ever caught(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Thomas Nally
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Boleyboy, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Michael Daly
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Boleyboy, Co. Mayo
