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School: Windgap (C.), Thomastown (roll number 5698)

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Windgap, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Bean Mhic Eóin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0851, Page 226

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  2. The Leprechaun

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    On another occasion there was a very poor man and his wife who had a child. The child was very ill and was on the point of death.
    The man went out and he heard someone hammering. He saw the leprechaun who said to him:- "Your child is going to die to-night at twelve o'clock and I am making a coffin for it." That night at
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