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1. The Leipreahaun (continued)

   

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   she fell across an ear of a pot which the Leipreachaun had put in the floor. When she got up the Leipreahaun was gone but she could hear him laughing. If anyone ever vexed the Leipreahaun he would change their money into withered leaves. Once a woman caught a Leipreahaun. She kept him and put him in a cupord. When the woman would put down the dinner he would blow soot into it and he had the pigs so frightened that they became like greyhounds, and she had to let him go. There is a hill in Mrs Gibney's field in Sarahstown called Croknashee. The Leipreahuan chur (?) at night and on windy nights they go out hunting. There are Leipreahaun passes at Collins in Brownstown. Autur Bell's cottage was on a Leipreahuan's pass and it was haunted

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   History Edit

   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Nora Smyth

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Dunnagorran, Co. Meath

   Informant

   Michael Briody's

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Loughanderg, Co. Meath