School: Sruth Nua
- Location:
- Ardnacally, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Tomás de Brún
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- The people in this district called the leipreachán the loirgín
The people thinks he wears a red cap and a green jacket. He is always making shoes. He lives on the mountains and under hedges
No one in this district ever caught a leipreachán
But people say they saw him. If you did not take your eyes off him he would give you a pot of gold. But he would always trick you.
Some people say you would have luck if you saw a leipreachán
A leipreachán is a very small,(continues on next page)- Collector
- Christina Fahy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Robeen, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- John Fahy
- Relation
- Unknown
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
- Address
- Robeen, Co. Mayo