School: Kilmaganny, Thomastown
- Location:
- Kilmaganny, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: C. Ó Hurdail
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0852, Page 352
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- (continued from previous page)carrying a big trumpet under his arm. The next day they found out that it was Mike Delaney who went over with the intention of hearing the echoes of the trumpet in the castle.
- People say the Leipreachan is only six inches in height. He is dressed in a little green suit covered by a little red cap & wears a pair of black shoes of his own make. He is supposed to be a cobbler.
- Collector
- Ella Dunne
- Gender
- Female
- The leipreachan is supposed to be the fairy shoe-maker or the fairy tailor. He is dressed in a scarlet cap & a green coat & trousers. He is said to have a purse of gold & a jug of beer with him.
- The leipreachan is known as the fairy-dwarf. He is a small man and is to be seen either mending shoes or sewing
One moon-light night, as a girl was going along the road, she saw the fairy sitting under(continues on next page)
