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School: Cill Bheacáin (B.) (roll number 13659)

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Bekan, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
P.S. Mac Donnchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0109, Page 449

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    that at sunrise he would go to town and buy some good food.
    When he arrived home he went to bed and brought the gold with him for fear it would be stolen.
    The cock was crowing when he got up and he began to open the stocking. There was a very hard knot on the end of it and try as he would he could not open the stocking. He tried to make a hole in the stocking with his knife but he broke the blade.
    He sat down to think and after a while he came to the conclusion that it was best to return the gold to the leipreachaun and catch a rabbit for breakfast.
    He found the the leipreachaun in the place where he had caught him
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
        1. leprechauns (~1,007)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Kelly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Lissaniska, Co. Mayo