School: Mercy Convent, Granard (roll number 13846)
- Location:
- Granard, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Sr. Conception
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A Funny Story
9th November, 1937 Many stories are told about the leprechaun. The leprechaun was supposed to be a little dwarf about the size of a man's fist. He was usually a cobbler and was to be seen sitting under a plant or a mushroom working away at his boots. Here is a story about one.
There was a young girl named Biddy Fagan who lived near Castle Carberry in the middle of Ireland. One Summer morning as she was going for a pitcher of water whom should she see sitting under a sheltry nook but a leprechaun , who was working away at an old boot about the size of a thimble. He was singing an old Irish song and never heard Biddy until she had grasped him by the neck.
"Ah what's the matter, Miss Biddy?" said he. "What have I done to be treated so roughly"? "I could not think that a(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kathleen Dawson
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Carrickduff, Co. Longford
- Informant
- Mrs Dawson
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Carrickduff, Co. Longford
