School: Gort an Ghainimh (roll number 16127)
- Location:
- Gortaganny, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: M. Ó Cobhthaigh
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- (continued from previous page)yards from the ground. She took the shawl and said "Get up out of that" to the leipreachan. She walked away and turned back again but the leipreachan was gone.
- The leipreachan is supposed to be a very small man. He is supposed to be six inches in height. He is dressed in a red suit and sometimes in a green. He lives in a lonely place known as a rath. This is a story about a man who tried to catch him. This man was about one night in a neighbour's house(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Bridget Dillon
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Carrowbehy, Co. Roscommon