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School: Scairt (B.), Cill Dairbhe (roll number 4126)

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Scart, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó Rinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0375, Page 198

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    were digging potatoes in this field. They heard the noise of a hammer tick-tack for a long time until at last one of the men spied some object moving about the bark of the tree and also noticed something shinning. Two of the men stole along quietly until quite near and off went the Leprechaun leaving behind a tiny gold chair.
    This of course was taken by the two men who fell sick a short time and my father told me the strange thing about this event was that the two men never recovered and were buried on the anniversary of the taking of the chair. I thanked him for the story and bade him good-bye.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Mc Carthy
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    13
    Informant
    Thomas Connolly
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    70
    Address
    Quitrent Mountain, Co. Cork