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1. The Leipreachán or Mermaid (continued)

   

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   land and Dick Bell's land. One of my uncles was riding on a horse and my other uncle and aunt were on the cart. They heard something trotting along after them and when they came within one hundred yards of Bells house they heard it no more.
   When my father was up in the field he looked over in the direction of James Flynn's meadow. He went back the next morning and there was no trace of a fire there so it must have been a fairy.
   One day a man named John McDermott was coming from school across the fields. He went as far as Bernard Taheyney's culleen and when he came out he found himself beyond at school again. He did this three times but each time with same result. At length a little woman came out of a bush carrying a bundle of sticks. She showed him the way to go and told him never to go that

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
         1. leprechauns (~1,007)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Kathleen Lavin

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Drumnagranshy, Co. Sligo

   Informant

   Mr Joseph Mc Dermott

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Carrownacreevy, Co. Sligo