School: Cluainteach (roll number 10329)
- Location:
- Cloontagh, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Bean Mhic Garaidh
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- Collector
- G. Ó Gríobhtha
- Gender
- Male
- Many stories are told by the old people about fairies that were out long ago. Among those fairies were little men known as leipreachans.
They were supposed to have pots of gold hid in the earth. There was a man one time and he caught a leipreachán. He thought he would be very rich and he kept a tight hold of him, and asked him where the gold was.
But the leipreachan was very clever and wanted to get away so he said to the man "look(continues on next page)