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School: Ballinacliffy

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Ballynacliffy, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
A. Ní Dhubhthaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0747, Page 215

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    get away he will tell you where the pot of gold is. You would want to come behind him before you could catch him. Lepreachauns are hard caugh and are able to run very hard. One time a man dreamed that there was a leipreachan in Dooley's ratheen and that he had a pot of gold in it. He came and worked in Dooley's intil he got the pot of gold and when he had got it he went away secretly.
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