School: Mercy Convent, Baile Mathúna (roll number 3865)
- Location:
- Ballymahon, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Sr. M. Clement
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0752, Page 219
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- Leprachans are supposed to be little people, either men or women. It is believed that they dress in a green coat and red cap. Their chief occupation is mending shoes.
These little people are supposed to know where money is hidden. If a person caught a leprachaun it would tell him where to get the money. So the tale goes. But it is very hard to catch one. If you take your eye off it from the moment you see it, until you have found out where the money is, it will disappear and then you can say(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Walsh
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Tirlickeen, Co. Longford
