Leprechaun

Abstract: Story collected by a student at Corr Garrdha school (Mountbellew, Co. Galway) from informant Mary Burke.

Original reference: 0077/5/37

 Corr Garrdha [Vol. 0077, Chapter 0005]

County  The Schools' Manuscript Collection : County Galway Schools

INFORMANT
Burke, Mary
Gender
female
Location
Eskerroe (Townland) 
Mount Bellew (Electoral district) 
Killoscobe (Civil parish) 
Tiaquin (Barony) 
Galway (County) 

Story text

transcribed at

 

The Leprechaun  [duchas:4621788]

It is said that the Leipreachan is a fairy shoemaker and he has a purse known as 'sparán na sgillinge'.
It is said that the Leipreachan was inside in a field and there was a man walking along a roade, he heard the Leipreachan, he jumped in over the ditch and he saw him hammering under a tree, he ran after him around the tree and when the man would be one side of the tree the Leipreachan would be on the other side; so he kept after him for an hour. Then the man went for his neighbour to help him to catch the Leipreachan and when they came the Leipreachan was gone, so they went home and on the next day when the man got up he had no sight in his eyes.

Resource description

Origin information
Mountbellew, Co. Galway
Date created: –
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
p. 519
Volume 0077
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher M. Ó -- Muineacháin, M. Ó Dubhláin.
Languages
English  
Genre
Folktale
Subject
Leprechauns   linked data (lcsh)
Leprechauns--Leipreacháin
School location
Mountbellew An Creagán Mountbellew Moylough Killian Galway
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_4629735
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 0077/5/37

Suggested credit
"The Leprechaun"in "The Schools' Manuscript Collection," held by University College Dublin, National Folklore Collection UCD. © University College Dublin. Digital content by: Glenbeigh Records Management, published by UCD Library, University College Dublin <https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_4629735>
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher M. Ó -- Muineacháin, M. Ó Dubhláin.
Funding
Supported by funding from the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Ireland), University College Dublin, and the National Folklore Foundation (Fondúireacht Bhéaloideas Éireann), 2014-2016.
Record source
Metadata creation date: 2014/2016 — Metadata created by Fiontar, Dublin City University, in collaboration with the National Folklore Collection UCD and UCD Library. Original Fiontar metadata converted into MODS by UCD Library.

School location

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