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Clever Tom and the Leprechaun 373 The Leprechaun in the Garden 376 The Three Leprechauns 379 The Little Shoe…

Date of account
Nineteenth-century comparative survey
Source
The Fairy Mythology Illustrative of the Romance and Superstition of Various Countries
Reference
The Fairy Mythology Illustrative of the Romance and Superstition of Various Countries · selected passage 7
Rights
public_domain
Language
English with translated traditional material
Record updated
2026-08-24

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Record summary

Clever Tom and the Leprechaun 373 The Leprechaun in the Garden 376 The Three Leprechauns 379 The Little Shoe 382 SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS

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Source passage

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CELTS AND CYMRY. IRELAND. Clever Tom and the Leprechaun 373 The Leprechaun in the Garden 376 The Three Leprechauns 379 The Little Shoe 382 SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS. The Fairy's Inquiry 385 The Young Man in the Shian 386 The two Fiddlers 387 The Fairy-Labour 388 The Fairy borrowing Oatmeal 389 The Fairy-Gift 389 The Stolen Ox 390 The Stolen Lady 391 The Changeling 393 The Wounded Seal 394 The Brownies 395 The Urisk 396 ISLE OF MAN. The Fairy-Chapman 398 The Fairy-Banquet 399 The Fairies' Christening 400 The Fairy-Whipping 400 The Fairy-Hunt 401 The Fiddler and the Fairy 402 The Phynnodderee 402 WALES. Tale of Elidurus 404 The Tylwyth Têg 408 The Spirit of the Van 409 Rhys at the Fairy-Dance 415 Gitto Bach 416 The Fairies banished 417 BRITTANY.

Historical context

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Modern context

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