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 220
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- (continued from previous page)good-bye to the money. I have often heard it said that a man named Pat Casserly once saw a leprachaun. He followed it until it came to a drain which he had to cross. He then lost sight of the leprachaun, and never again saw it
Another story I heard was of a man who saw a leprachaun. He caught it and asked it where was the money. The leprachaun said he would find money in the middle of the field in which they were. The men then asked it how he would find the middle of the field and(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Walsh
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Tirlickeen, Co. Longford
