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   “If you comb your hair and look into a looking glass, and eat an apple, all at the same time, you will see you future husband or wife looking into the glass behind your back.”

   

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   If you comb your hair and look into a looking glass, and eat an apple, all at the same time, you will see you future husband or wife looking into the glass behind your back.

   

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2. The Leipreachán

   

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   The little leipreachan is known locally as the "geanncanach." He is about three feet high. He is dressed in red, and lives in a very lonely place. His usual occupation is shoe-making and minding a crock of gold. There are no stories told

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Kathleen Cunneen

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   14

   Address

   Lisclogher Great, Co. Westmeath

   Informant

   James Cunneen

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Lisclogher Great, Co. Westmeath