School: Baile Bhriain
- Location:
- Ballybryan, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: P. Ó Buachalla
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3 †here is a field at the back of my grandmothers house; it is called "Peters Field." It is said that long ago there was treasures hidden in it. A man once once caught a "lepreacan" there. The man told the "lepreacan" that he would let him go if he told him where the treasured was hidden. The "lepreacan" told hi it was under a tree in "Peters Field." The man dug under the tree and found in it was a pincers and a hammer. There was a note in the pot and written on it was "I you use these you will get all the gold you deserve."
The man was(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Sean Glennon
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Greenhills, Co. Offaly
- Informant
- James Mooney
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Fahy, Co. Offaly
