the LEPRECHAUN’S ACTIVITY. To the manv stories concerning that eerie Irish fairy, the leprechaun, must bo added tire following, which comes from Newport, County Tipperary. I t is reported that a leu' evenings ago while a local inhabitant was wending Ins Way liomowavds, lu> saw a fipiuvo winch impressed him as having all the ap]XM.ta nee of a leprechaun. I t was that of a tiny man, attired in the orthodox style ' —light-fitting pants, red coat., •white shoes, grey stockings, and a little brown cap with rod tassel. Anxious to tost tho substantiality ol the apparition, the pedestrian stooped to .pick np a missile, and, of course, in doing so —this is where the leprechaun s, artfulness always succeeds lost sight of the little.'man, who m accordance with custom vanished. .Much interest has been aroused m the neighbourhood by the story.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2489, 30 April 1909, Page 5
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141Page 5 Advertisements Column 4 Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2489, 30 April 1909, Page 5
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