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1. Amhrán (continued)

   “There is a dear spot in Ireland ¶ That I long to see”

   

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   And the ring that my father gave her,
   She sent me.
   It's a far dearer pride
   Than a bright gem to a queen.

   Sure we had not much money
   But my poor mother dear
   To me gave her blessing
   My heart it could cheer.

   

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2. Leipreacháin agus Muruacha

   

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   Sometimes people try to catch the leipreacháin. He lives under a mushroom in the summer and under a big stone in winter. Any time you see the leipreacháin he is making boots and he sits on a crock of gold. My father told me a story one night, that a man ran after a leipreacháin, but when he was coming near him he tripped over a stone. Whhen he got up to run after him again the leipreacháin was gone. The mermaid lives in the sea. She is half a woman and half a fish. She gives three signs when a storm is coming. Sometimes she sits on the rocks. At other times she puts

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   Topics

   1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
         1. leprechauns (~1,007)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Kevin O Moore

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Meelick, Co. Clare

   Informant

   Tom O Moore

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Meelick, Co. Clare