School: Twomilehouse (roll number 2284)
- Location:
- Twomilehouse, Co. Kildare
- Teacher: Tomás Bineidh
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- Years ago two men lived in Twomilehouse, one man's name was Paddy Deevy and the other man's name was Oliver Walsh. They were very small farmers and they only had a cow and a pig each.
One May morning Paddy Deevy was walking down the road for his cow and he saw a little red man in the ditch polishing a shoe as fast as he could, it was the Leipreachan. Paddy Deevy approached the Leipreachan and said, "now that I(continues on next page)- Collector
- James Curran
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Johnstown or Dunshane, Co. Kildare
- Informant
- John Monaghan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 74
- Occupation
- Smith