School: Gort na mBó (roll number 14418)
- Location:
- Bofield, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Tadhg Ó Laoghaire
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- (continued from previous page)a spade and shovel and began to dig. After a while he turned up a box.
He opened the box in which there was a hammer, an awl, a last and nails but no gold. The was also a little bit of paper telling him to start "cobbling" shoes. The man started cobbling and after a few years he was as rich as the Leipreachán himself.
A Leipreachán has a box of gold hid in a ditch or under a tree. They don't like to give their gold to anyone. - Transcription guide »You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
- Collector
- Kathleen Flannelly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Bofield, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Mrs Bridget Flannelly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Bofield, Co. Mayo