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Climbing tress, riding bikes, hop scotch, and monkey bars were all things that I loved to do on a daily basis as a child. I am afraid many of these things are being replaced with electronic devices and our children are not moving enough!

According to research, the amount of physical activity since the turn of the century has declined 75%! SEVENTY FIVE PERCENT people!!! Our kids are not playing the way we used to and therefore, not moving like we used to. I wanted to find out more and contacted Katie Kendrick, an Adaptive Physical Education Teacher in New York and she reported that an unhealthy diet is not the only culprit in the rise of obesity in the United States, but that the lack of physical activity is just as much to blame. Kendrick recommends that parents take the initiative and be active along side their children. If they participate in physical activity with their kids their kids will be more likely to incorporate it in their lifestyle as adults. Not to mention the great bonding opportunity it can have!

But how do we move and run around when the weather is so cold still in many areas? Katie shared with me an idea. She recommended using a video camera to record silly dances or movement performances and then later watch it with your child. That way this generation of technology lovers can move AND also engage in screen time!

I got to thinking with St. Patty’s day just around the corner… we should DANCE like a leprechaun and record it for us to watch!!

Leprechaun Song

So, I asked Bee to come back and share with us her Leprechaun Song… but wait not so fast… first you MUST dress each other up like leprechauns. may or may not serve as a waxing strip followed by crying children.

Don’t be afraid to be silly and wear whatever your child wants you to wear! Make it fun!

Okay we are ready…

How do we look?

Now, get those dancing feet ready.

Okay …hit it Bee!

Want to see the video we made with this Leprechaun song? Find me over (here) at Weedstowishes.com for more!

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Leprechaun Irish Jig Line Dance How To

Do holidays make you want to dance? St Patrick’s Day is a delightful holiday to dance an Irish Jig. For my St Patrick’s Day dance party, I put together this lovely Leprechaun Irish Jig line dance. Have fun learning this dance.

St. Patrick’s Day

Everyone’s favorite Irish holiday is St Patrick’s Day. As a youth, St. Patrick was kidnapped by Irish and taken to Ireland around 400 AD. He escaped his captors and returned to England as an adult. After he was ordained a priest, he returned to Ireland to convert them to Catholicism. He used a 3-leaf clover to explain the Holy Trinity and drove the snakes of paganism out of Ireland. For this March 17^th, the date of his death, is celebrated worldwide.

Leprechauns

So how did leprechauns come to be associated with a saint’s holiday? Leprechaun’s pre-date St Patrick and are the cobblers and bankers of the fey. Their favorite dance is a Jig, and some suggest they dance holes in their shoes, so they became cobblers. In 1959 Leprechauns became associated with St. Patrick’s Day when Disney released the film “Darby O’Gill and the Little People.”

Irish Jig

The Irish love to dance, and the Jig is their favorite dance. Jig comes from the French word to Jump (giguer). The Irish Jig was promoted by Queen Elizabeth l during the Renaissance period. This hoppy happy dance has been an Irish favorite for centuries.

Leprechaun Irish Jig Line Dance How To

Step 1 Heal, Toe, heal, Stomp.

Begin with your right foot,
Heal to side, Toe In front of left foot, Heal to side, Close right foot next to left foot. Count 1,2,3,4.
Repeat with your left foot.
Heal to side, Toe In front of right foot, Heal to side, Close left foot next to right foot. Count 5,6,7,8.

Step 2 Heal, heal.

Begin with your right foot,
Tap heal in front 2 times count 1,2, close right foot to left foot, count &
Repeat with your left foot.
Tap heal in front 2 times count 3,4, close right foot to left foot, count &

Step 3 Four kicks

Kick step Alternating right then left foot forward, 5,&,6,&,7,&,8,&.

Step 4 Progressive Jig forward and back

Back rock, Right foot rock back, 1, replace weight to left foot, 2.
Jig forward, right foot forward, left foot close to right foot, right foot forward, 3&4.
Forward rock, left foot forward, 5, replace weight to right foot, 6,
Jig Back, left foot back, right foot closes to left foot, left foot back, 7&8.
Back rock, Right foot rock back, 1, replace weight to left foot, 2.
Jig forward, right foot forward, left foot close to right foot, right foot forward, 3&4.

Step 5 Walk around turn and close.

Left foot forward ½ turn to the right, 5, replace weight to right foot, 6, close left foot to right, 7, tap right foot, 8.

Begin again from the beginning.

Song:

I used a clean you tube song “Banish Misfortune” but any Irish jig would work, like “Dance above the rainbow” By Ron Hardiman.

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Resources

https://www.bhg.com/holidays/st-patricks-day/traditions/who-was-st-patrick/

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/62173/15-lucky-things-you-probably-didnt-know-about-leprechauns

https://www.learnreligions.com/st-patrick-and-the-snakes-2562487

http://blog. virginiatoy.com/st-patricks-day/

https://myrealireland.com/irish-knowledge/everything-you-need-to-know-about-leprechauns/

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/62173/15-lucky-things-you-probably-didnt-know-about-leprechauns

https://www.livescience.com/37626-leprechauns.html

https://www.irish-expressions.com/irish-jig.html

https://www.celticsteps.ie/our-story/the-history-of-irish-song-music-dance/

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Leprechaun - is it fiction or not? The value of gold in the life of leprechauns.

A leprechaun is a character in Irish folklore, traditionally depicted as a small stocky man dressed in a green suit and hat. It most likely comes from the Irish leath bhrogan - "shoemaker", or from luacharma`n - "dwarf". Leprechauns, like many other magical creatures of Irish folklore, appeared on the Emerald Isle long before the Celts, during the Tribes of the goddess Danu. William Yeats wrote that when, with the advent of Christianity, the Irish stopped worshiping the ancient gods, they shrank in size. So maybe the little men in green were once big.

Leprechauns look small (about 2 feet tall) little men of advanced age. If we compare the folk sayings “drunk like a shoemaker” and “drinks like an Irishman”, it becomes clear where the leprechaun has a red nose and oddities of nature. They are often tipsy, but potino craze m (poitin - Irish moonshine) does not affect their Shoemaker skill. They make shoes for other representatives of otherworldly forces - for example, fairies, Fairies, as you know, are very fond of dancing and a person who has inadvertently got to them can dance to death in their round dance. Of course, they need shoemakers! But no one has yet had a chance to catch a leprechaun at work - they are usually always seen with only one left shoe.

In addition to sewing boots, leprechauns are responsible for finding and keeping ancient jewels. They were forced to this occupation by the Vikings, who hunted by stealing treasures. After that, leprechauns began to sneak into the houses of sleeping people at night and pinch off a small piece from each coin. Each leprechaun or family of leprechauns owns a pot of gold coins buried in the ground. A rainbow points to the treasures of leprechauns with one end - but only the owner of gold can lead to it. Therefore, people have always tried to catch leprechauns and lure treasures from them, and men dressed in green have learned very well not to get caught, which is why they have earned a reputation for being unsociable and secretive. You will become unsociable here when giants greedy for other people's goods are trying to shake money out of you, earned by overwork, and even so well hidden!

Leprechauns wear green clothes (to make it easier to hide in the grass) , pointed hat and leather apron. They also keep a pipe with them - and smoke strong, smelly tobacco.

Legend has it that if a leprechaun is caught, he must grant three wishes or show him where his gold is kept. The little shoemaker has two different purses: one contains a silver shilling, which always goes back into the purse, and the other contains a piece of pure gold, which, when it falls into the hands of a person, turns into a tree leaf or paper, and sometimes into ashes. . Therefore, nothing good can be expected from a leprechaun.

I don't like leprechauns. Personally, they didn’t do anything bad to me, you just never know how to behave with them. Dwarves, orcs, elves and goblins - everything is clear with these races, each has its own characteristics, which have already become familiar. And leprechauns have a wrong, abnormal nature, because of this, in their presence, I almost always get nervous.

Ilya Novak, "The blades sparkle brightly"

Leprechauns are very friendly and sweet creatures, but if they are offended, they immediately become "monsters". They may be offended if a saucer of milk is not left for them near the house. Also, a broken thornbush, a killed robin, and, of course, they are angry when they lose their treasure. After such violations, they will immediately demonstrate their vindictive nature and magic. And don't expect to get a leprechaun drunk to learn its secrets. As soon as it comes to treasures, they instantly sober up.

Leprechauns have telekinesis. They are masters of illusion, and they can also become invisible. Leprechauns and Fairies can be stopped by cast iron or wrought iron. Leprechauns are said to live in small caves or forests.

— Where can I find one?

“Well, that's the problem,” the poet confessed. “They are masters of hiding: as soon as any of them turn sideways to you, and he will disappear - even on a clear noon in the middle of an empty street. Finnegan was silent. “I suppose the best bet would be to visit one of their usual hangouts and stick around until you can grab one of them—and once you have it in your hands, don't let it go.

Michael Reznick, On the Trail of the Unicorn

On March 17, many countries celebrate St. Patrick's Day, which has become a holiday for all Irish people. It's a fun party, with beer (including green beer), faces painted in the colors of the Irish flag - and dancing, of course. However, until the 1970s, this holiday was considered exclusively religious in Ireland and did not involve much fun, and beer establishments were completely closed. But times have changed. For the present day of St. Patrick, the Christian saint himself turned out to be too serious, you can’t make a cartoon character out of him. But from a leprechaun - please!

So the cunning representative of the fairy people became a symbol of the Christian holiday. An interesting story happened with the clover leaf. Shamrock, on which Saint Patrick, according to legend, clearly explained the concept of the Holy Trinity ( "Just as three leaves can grow from one stem, so God can be one in three persons" ), eventually became a symbol of the country's independence, and then began to mean Ireland in general, and on this day people attach it to their clothes. But the leprechaun's clover, his lucky charm, is four-leafed! Yes, with fairies it’s better not to lose vigilance - they will beckon with gold, make you chase a rainbow, circle around a clover leaf, and a person can no longer even really say what exactly he is celebrating.

There are no female leprechauns in Celtic mythology, they are always male, and not young, at least old enough to acquire a beard. Some say they live an average of 300 years, other sources call the figure 1000, but no one knows for sure. The older the leprechaun, the more harmful and more prone to mischief. There is no clarity on the question of who the klurakans are ( clurichaun or clobhair-ceann ), - either these are the closest relatives of leprechauns, with a particularly bad character, or the leprechauns themselves are on vacation. The clouracans are always drunk as hell, arguing, stealing, jumping on pets at night, living in wine cellars ... in general, it seems that a drunken leprechaun becomes a clouracan.

If you are lucky enough to catch a leprechaun (it is unlikely that you will succeed, to be honest, but what if? ..), do not settle for a single coin, even a gold one and a museum one. The little man values his freedom extremely highly. You can demand all of his wealth in return - or even the fulfillment of three wishes! But why not, he's not a magician? Legends say that more powerful fairies gave him the power to grant wishes. It's the last resort in the little shoemaker's magical arsenal, but he'll save it for when all the rest of his tricks don't work on you.

But in order to release a leprechaun, it must first be caught. But how to catch a creature that is almost impossible to even notice? It is difficult to say what leprechauns own, magic or NLP techniques, but they are masterfully hidden from view. Even if the leprechaun is right in front of you, look away or at least blink - and he is gone. Of course, a large amount of Irish beer contributes to the “breaking the pattern”, but crafty little men perform their tricks in nature even more successfully than in a pub. And only the sound of a shoe hammer betrays a leprechaun who is working nearby on an urgent order.

A four-leaf clover (shamrock) brings good luck to a Leprechaun. Do not take the trouble to climb a few hills: you will find such a leaf - you will be able to compete with the crafty shorty. And a shamrock found on St. Patrick's Day brings twice as much luck!

There are cases when leprechauns selflessly helped people they liked. If you're decent at playing Irish folk instruments like the bagpipe, and you're in the Green Party, you've got a chance. But, of course, help does not imply parting with treasures - if they suspect selfish intentions in you, they will harm you with all their might. Still would! Every owner in their place will do so.

Leprechauns in books and films.

Mostly English-speaking fantasy authors write about leprechauns, and this is understandable.

Leprechauns are the mascots of the Irish Quidditch team in J. Rowling's book Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. They create a rainbow over the field, which turns into a sparkling four-leaf clover, from which gold coins rain down on the spectators. Those who are familiar with the habits of leprechauns, unlike the ingenuous Ron Weasley, of course, will guess that the gold is fraudulent and will soon disappear. However, in the translation of M. Spivak, leprechauns have nothing to do with it ... that is, they are “indispensable”. Good word, but why is it? Leprechauns, they are leprechauns.

But with Terry Pratchett's translations, the opposite happened. There are no leprechauns in the original, but there are dwarfs (gnome) and gnomes (dwarf), which were traditionally translated into Russian as gnomes - both of them. Therefore, some translators Pratchett dubbed dwarfs leprechauns. And leprechauns have nothing to do with it... hmm... Suspicious symmetry! Maybe it's the tricks of the leprechauns? There they took away the eyes of the translator, here the reader - this is in their style. And while we are looking at where the leprechaun just seemed to be, he is already somewhere in a completely different place.

In 1959, Walt Disney produced Darby O'Gill and the Little Folk, which featured leprechauns. The film was distinguished by magnificent special effects for its time and was a great success. It was the first role of the young Sean Connery in Hollywood - so for him the acquaintance with the leprechauns turned out to be happy.

Released in 1999, the film Fairyland was originally called Magical Legend of the Leprechauns. This is a good fairy tale for family viewing - a young leprechaun falls in love with an elf princess, a war breaks out between the tribes, and then an American businessman wants to build an amusement park, destroying a magical land in a similar way. Whoopi Goldberg plays the Great Banshee, a sorceress in the film.

And the film Leprechaun - more precisely, a franchise, as many as six films that came out from 1993 to 2003, plus related comics - is a horror comedy. The scary but charming Leprechaun is played by Warwick Davis. People constantly encroach on his gold, and in response, the leprechaun takes revenge on them, does various nasty things and even kills. A couple of times the leprechaun tries to get married, even flew into space for this, but every time he was interfered with. But in vain. Would he be any better?

Ilya Novak, Blades Shine Brightly

Everyone knows that little green men are native aliens. But if you met a little man dressed in green, who is he? Most likely a leprechaun. And they're not all that weird - well, no weirder than the rest of the Fairy Folk of Ireland.

It is traditionally believed that is a leprechaun (or leprechaun ) is a red-bearded man only two feet tall (slightly over 60 cm). There are no female leprechauns in Celtic mythology, they are always men, and middle-aged ones - at least old enough to acquire a beard. Some say they live an average of 300 years, other sources call the figure 1000, but no one knows for sure. The older the leprechaun, the more harmful and more prone to mischief.

As a rule, they dress in green camisoles and similar trousers, wear a green hat with a high crown and shoes with buckles. Leprechauns wear green clothes to make it easier to hide in the grass of their native "green hills of Ireland". They also keep a pipe with them - and smoke strong, smelly tobacco.

There is another characteristic detail that will help you accurately distinguish them from aliens - a shoemaker's leather apron. It is not for beauty, leprechauns are engaged in shoemaking - they make shoes for fairies. Fairies, as you know, are very fond of dancing and a person who carelessly got to them can dance to death in their round dance. Of course, they need shoemakers! There were no other artisans among the small people, but there are shoemakers.

Interesting: no one has yet managed to catch a leprechaun working on a pair of shoes, he always has only one in work - rumored to be the left one.

If we compare the folk proverbs “drunk like a shoemaker” and “drinks like an Irishman”, it becomes clear why the leprechaun has a red nose and strange nature. They love Irish moonshine "potine" and, despite their childish size, can drink a lot - but don't expect to get a leprechaun drunk to ferret out his secrets. As soon as it comes to treasures, they instantly sober up. Metabolism is like that.

It is not clear who the Klurakans are ( clurichaun or clobhair-ceann ), - either these are the closest relatives of leprechauns, with a particularly bad character, or the leprechauns themselves are on vacation. The clouracans are always drunk as hell, arguing, stealing, jumping on pets at night, living in wine cellars ... in general, it seems that a drunken leprechaun becomes a clouracan.

There are several versions of where the word "leprechaun" came from (eng. leprechaun , irl. leipreachan ). The two most popular are derived from the Irish Gaelic luprachan , derived from Old Irish luchorpan meaning "dwarf", or from Irish leith bhrogan - a shoemaker who sews only one shoe, half a pair.

Like most terms denoting fairy folk (faerie), the word "leprechaun" had no luck with translations into Russian for a long time. Try, for example, to ask this task to a Google translator, and you will get two options to choose from: “elf” and “gnome”. Quite the same thing, right?

Leprechauns, like many other magical creatures of Irish folklore, appeared on the Emerald Isle long before the Celts, during the Tribes of the goddess Danu. William Yeats wrote that when, with the advent of Christianity, the Irish stopped worshiping the ancient gods, they shrank in size. So maybe the little men in green were once big.

This is interesting: By the way, the leprechauns also dressed in green quite recently! Back in the nineteenth century, they all wore red clothes - and it differed among the inhabitants of different parts of Ireland.

— What about leprechauns? the detective asked.

— Little Folk? the bartender said contemptuously. “They may be Irish, but they are hardly to be proud of. A vicious, unfaithful tribe, if you want my opinion.

— Do they come here?

— Yes, I wouldn't let a single one into a cannon shot! the bartender barked.

Are you talking about the English? the old man perked up from the corner. It's not enough to kill them all!

“No,” the bartender snapped. “We are discussing the Little Folk.

“Ah, those,” drawled the old man. "Killing them twice isn't enough!"

March 17 is celebrated in many countries as St. Patrick's Day, which has become a holiday for all Irish people. It's a fun party, with beer (including green beer), faces painted in the colors of the Irish flag - and dancing, of course. However, until the 1970s, this holiday was considered exclusively religious in Ireland and did not involve much fun, and beer establishments were completely closed. But times have changed. For the present day of St. Patrick, the Christian saint himself turned out to be too serious, you can’t make a cartoon character out of him. But from a leprechaun - please!

So the cunning representative of the fairy folk became a symbol of the Christian holiday. An interesting story happened with the clover leaf. Shamrock, on which Saint Patrick, according to legend, clearly explained the concept of the Holy Trinity ( "Just as three leaves can grow from one stem, so God can be one in three persons" ), eventually became a symbol of the country's independence, and then began to mean Ireland in general, and on this day people attach it to their clothes. But the leprechaun's clover, his lucky charm, is four-leafed! Yes, with fairies it’s better not to lose vigilance - they will beckon with gold, make you chase a rainbow, circle around a clover leaf, and a person can no longer even really say what exactly he is celebrating.

— What, tricks with coins? Sweeney asked, raising his chin so that his unkempt beard bristled. “Well, since it’s all about coin tricks, look.

He took an empty glass from the table. Then he reached out and pulled out of the air a large coin, gold and shiny. He threw a coin into a glass, and from the air he took another one, which he threw to the first, so that they clinked against each other. He took a coin from the flame of a candle in a candlestick on the wall, and a second from his beard, a third from Shadow's empty hand, and he tossed them all, one by one, into the glass. Then he clenched his fingers over the glass, blew hard into them, and several more gold coins fell out of his hand into the glass. He knocked the glass of sticky coins into his jacket pocket, then patted it, indicating that it was definitely empty.

“Here,” he said, “this is what I call the coin trick.

Neil Gaiman, American Gods

The leprechaun has an object that he loves more than a bottle. This is his pot of gold buried in the ground. A rainbow points to the treasures of leprechauns with one end - but only the owner of gold can lead to it. Therefore, people have always tried to catch leprechauns and lure treasures from them, and men dressed in green have learned very well not to get caught, which is why they have earned a reputation for being unsociable and secretive. You will become unsociable here when giants greedy for other people's goods are trying to shake money out of you, earned by overwork, and even so well hidden!

However, it is reasonable to ask - where did the firewood come from? It's not the fairies who pay them for their shoes in solid gold, do they? Of course not. Legend has it that the Vikings charged the leprechauns with guarding the pots of gold. More precisely, the Vikings gave them the stolen wealth for preservation, and the leprechauns stuffed the coins into clay and metal vessels and buried them in different places.

Another source of wealth is also known: when people kept their savings in specie, leprechauns sneaked into their houses at night, slowly sawing off a piece of precious metal from the edge of each coin. Alas, in the era of paper and electronic money, this number no longer works.

Although they say that some leprechauns have mastered the concept of virtual money and moved to different virtual worlds. True, their character did not become better from this, rather the opposite.

But let's get back to the coins. To protect themselves from the greedy giants - that is, us - the leprechauns invented a lot of means. So, in addition to a pot of gold, the leprechaun has two leather wallets. In one, an unchangeable silver shilling; if they pay off, it goes back to the purse. In the other - a gold coin, and also not an easy one. The leprechaun uses her to pay off the man who caught him. It is worth believing him and letting go of the sly one, the leprechaun will disappear, and the coin left by him will turn into a leaf or crumble into dust.

— Where can I find one?

"Well, that's the problem," confessed the poet. “They are masters of hiding: as soon as any of them turns sideways to you, and he will disappear - even on a clear noon in the middle of an empty street. Finnegan was silent. “I suppose the best bet would be to visit one of their usual hangouts and stick around until you can grab one of them—and once you have it in your hands, don't let it go.

Michael Reznick, On the Trail of the Unicorn

But in order to release a leprechaun, he must first be caught. But how to catch a creature that is almost impossible to even notice? It is difficult to say what leprechauns own, magic or NLP techniques, but they are masterfully hidden from view. Even if the leprechaun is right in front of you, look away or at least blink - and he is gone. Of course, a large amount of Irish beer contributes to the “breaking the pattern”, but crafty little men perform their tricks in nature even more successfully than in a pub. And only the sound of a shoe hammer betrays a leprechaun who is working nearby on an urgent order.

Mostly English-speaking fantasy authors write about leprechauns, and this is understandable.

Leprechauns are the mascots of the Irish Quidditch team in J. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. They create a rainbow over the field, which turns into a sparkling four-leaf clover, from which gold coins rain down on the spectators. Those who are familiar with the habits of leprechauns, unlike the ingenuous Ron Weasley, of course, will guess that the gold is fraudulent and will soon disappear. However, in the translation of M. Spivak, leprechauns have nothing to do with it ... that is, they are “indispensable”. Good word, but why is it? Leprechauns, they are leprechauns.

But the opposite happened with Terry Pratchett's translations. There are no leprechauns in the original, but there are dwarfs (gnome) and gnomes (dwarf), which were traditionally translated into Russian as gnomes - both of them. Therefore, some translators Pratchett dubbed dwarfs leprechauns. And leprechauns have nothing to do with it... hmm... Suspicious symmetry! Maybe it's the tricks of the leprechauns? There they took away the eyes of the translator, here the reader - this is in their style. And while we are looking at where the leprechaun just seemed to be, he is already somewhere in a completely different place.

Film "Fairyland".

Film "Leprechaun".

And Leprechaun, a franchise, a total of six films released from 1993 to 2003, plus related comics, is a horror-comedy. The scary but charming Leprechaun is played by Warwick Davis. People constantly encroach on his gold, and in response, the leprechaun takes revenge on them, does various nasty things and even kills. A couple of times the leprechaun tries to get married, even flew into space for this, but every time he was interfered with. But in vain. Would he suddenly become kinder?

AdventureQuest Worlds

Folklore tradition is adamant: there are only male leprechauns. (Where did they come from, then? There is a version that from unsympathetic fairies, out of grief, associated with goblins - but most sources tactfully pass over this issue in silence.)

However, computer games have catered to the gender whims of the players. Artix Entertainment, creators of the online role-playing game AdventureQuest Worlds , a young leprechaun was paired with a young . .. hmm ... a leprechaun? At least not a leprechaun, she's too glamorous for that.

Leprechauns in AdventureQuest Worlds is one of the free playable (non-starter) classes. Characteristics of a leprechaun include "Irish blessing" and "Patrick's secret" among others. There is a lucky sword and a lucky leprechaun hat, and you can get his armor by finding a pot of gold and returning the lost vessel to the owner.

Surprisingly, everyone remembers the leprechaun from the second and third parts of Heroes of Might & Magic , a little green-clothed man who lives under a magic mushroom. Although he is not even a playable character, but just a way to earn five hundred gold coins or five gems by robbery once a week. Perhaps the fact is that this is perhaps the only case known to mankind when cunning little men can be robbed regularly and with a guarantee! True, there was little self-interest in them, so if the player did not have an extra hero to collect "taxes", he quickly stopped robbing little men - much greater things were waiting!

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Therefore, in the fourth part of the game, the heroes were freed from the need to call for tribute in person. It was only necessary to stake out a point with resources, and then they automatically entered the treasury. At the same time, the leprechaun became a first-level combat unit in the Nature faction - from among the additional creatures that can be summoned using the Portal in the castle. True, the fighter came out of him very weak, except that he cast a spell of luck - and then only once per battle. There is also a first-level Nature spell that summons leprechauns to the battlefield, the number of which depends on the level of the mage.

B Warlords Battlecry they are the fighting unit of the fairy people, with magical attack and defense. In Age of Wonders leprechauns are among the halflings. They have a good magical defense, they know how to tease, steal, swim and remove spells. To Planescape: Torment developers in 2000 released a funny patch for St. Patrick's Day that turned the game character Anna into a leprechaun.

There are also very short online flash games where this character is involved in one way or another, for example, Leprechaun's Gold , O'Conner's Coin Quest or Leprechaun Loot .

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Leprechaun (English leprechaun) - character of Irish folklore; creatures are cunning and insidious. They take pleasure in cheating. Everyone has a pot of gold. They love to drink and can drink a barrel of whiskey. Shoemakers by profession. Legend has it that if a leprechaun is caught, he must grant three wishes or show him where his gold is kept.

When a leprechaun turns 1000 years old, he can choose a bride for himself. Leprechauns have telekinesis. They are masters of illusion, and they can also become invisible. Leprechauns and Fairies can be stopped by cast iron or wrought iron. Usually leprechauns are dressed in a green suit and a green hat. In general, leprechauns live in Ireland. They are said to live in small caves or forests. A leprechaun can only be killed by a four-leaf clover.

So, what is a leprechaun? Some argue that it is a kind of goblin, others that it is a kind of brownie, and others that it is a subspecies of a brownie. However, it is known for certain that the homeland of the leprechaun is the low hills of Ireland. These creatures have a rather exotic appearance - they are very short, stocky men with pale skin, a large red nose and a wrinkled face.

They prefer to dress exclusively in greens and browns; Thus, a typical "gentleman's set" includes: green pants and a vest with very large iridescent buttons, an indispensable leather apron, long blue or green stockings, high boots with giant silver buckles. And especially aesthetic leprechauns also wear a green cocked hat, less often a cap with a tassel.
The famous wealth of leprechauns, which they keep in well-hidden pots or jugs, has a rather prosaic origin - it is nothing more than treasures left by the Danes when they plundered Ireland. Moreover, contrary to popular belief, not only gold coins are stored in these pots: little cunning people know a lot about precious stones and jewelry.
Where this very pot is located, only the leprechaun himself knows, and you can find out this secret only by catching him. In exchange for freedom, he will promise to tell you where the pot is buried, but if only everything was so simple!... These creatures are known deceivers. One has only to turn away from the leprechaun for a moment, as he wriggles out and disappears without a trace, despite all his oaths and assurances.
Leprechauns carry two leather purses with them. One of them contains a silver shilling, a magical coin that always returns to the purse if it is paid off. In another, they carry a gold coin, which they use to bribe honest people when they find themselves in a difficult situation. This coin usually turns into leaves or ashes as soon as the leprechaun parted with it. You can't take your eyes off the leprechauns, because they can disappear in a second.
It is well known that leprechauns are always fond of drinking, so they can often be found in wine cellars and in the cellars of liquor stores. They always carry a flask with a strong drink with them and periodically apply to it. However, all this does not prevent the leprechaun from remaining in a sober mind when it comes to his wealth.

This article will tell you what a leprechaun is. This is a creature to which many stories are devoted. Each nation has its own fairy tales and fairy-tale characters - elves, fairies, gnomes, brownies. They are good and evil, smart and stupid, cunning and simpletons.

What is a leprechaun?

Leprechauns are magical creatures from the folklore of Ireland, an amazing land of myths and legends. March 17 is a Christian holiday in Ireland - the day of St. Patrick, the main saint of the Irish. He is credited with bringing Christianity to Ireland.

On this day, everything around is decorated with green and shamrock. Green is the color of Ireland, and the shamrock is its symbol, believed to bring good luck. Festive costumed parades are organized in which brass bands with bagpipes participate.

Despite the fact that the holiday is called Christian, pagan traditions are also involved in it. Therefore, his obligatory character is the Irish leprechaun. It adds fun and jokes to the holiday. In his honor, parade participants wear green hats.

The image of a leprechaun is very contradictory. It's a mixture of the ugly and the funny.

Characteristic features of leprechauns

They are depicted as little old men.

Leprechaun is a creature that has special external data:

small stature;
wrinkled face with white skin;
red nose.

Many say that the leprechaun is ugly. It is impossible to find a photo of him, but there are numerous sketches and paintings.

How does a leprechaun dress?

This character is easily recognizable by his clothes - they are mostly green, like the colors of Ireland. The Leprechaun wears:

a short frock coat with huge shiny buttons;
blue long stockings;
cocked hat with high crown to match the clothes;
obligatory leather apron;
high shoes with huge silver buckle.

A leather apron testifies to the craft of a leprechaun - he is a shoemaker. This little man sews shoes for fairies. However, for some reason, he is always seen working on one left shoe.

Where does a leprechaun live and what is his hobby?

Leprechauns' favorite pastimes:

music;
dancing;
fox hunting;
Potin Irish Whiskey;
smoking.

It is believed that this dwarf can drink a whole barrel of Irish whiskey. Therefore, he is always drunk. The leprechaun smokes strong smelly tobacco and walks around with a pipe in his mouth.

The habitats of these gnomes are:

dense forests;
deep caves;
high emerald grass on the hills;
cellars and wine cellars.

Leprechauns cannot be called good wizards, rather the opposite. But their character is very contradictory. They differ: cunning, stinginess, harmfulness and vindictiveness.

The older the gnomes, the more harmful they are. They like to build dirty tricks on people, as they consider them evil and greedy. A frequent character in modern horror films is precisely the leprechaun. Photos and frames from films prove this.

The meaning of gold in the life of leprechauns

These gnomes are also depicted with a pot of gold in their hands. There is a belief that they are the keepers of the ancient treasures of the Vikings. A tipsy leprechaun instantly sobers up as soon as it comes to treasure.

Leprechauns carry two purses, one with a gold coin and the other with a silver one. Both coins are magical. As soon as the dwarf pays with a silver coin, it immediately returns to his wallet. If he gives a gold coin, it turns into a leaf. So they fool people around their fingers.

These little people increase their wealth every night. They sneak into people's houses and chip off small pieces of their gold coins. The legend of leprechauns is known to all seekers of wealth.

You can find the gnome at the end of the rainbow he runs on. If you catch him, you can try to lure treasures from him. However, so far no one has been able to do this. Leprechauns come up with a thousand tricks to fool a person and run away. They do not want to give gold to people, because they consider them evil, stupid and greedy. In addition, if the treasures of leprechauns fall into the wrong hands, they will instantly dissolve into thin air. Therefore, there is no point in trying to take possession of this gold.

If not offended, then the leprechaun is a cheerful and friendly creature. However, he does not forgive insults and will certainly take revenge on the offender. Usually they try to appease him and leave a saucer of milk on the doorstep. Leprechauns are angry and damage done to nature, whether it be a broken thornbush or a killed robin. Therefore, it is better to be friends with him.

Dublin has a leprechaun museum. It has many exhibits related to the myths and legends of Ireland. There is also a hall with giant furniture. In this hall, a person himself feels like a leprechaun. The museum attracts a huge number of tourists. There are also parks and alleys dedicated to little funny people. This is a real symbol of Ireland, not a single costume event can do without a dwarf.

In Irish folklore, small dwarf-like creatures who lived in the hills of Ireland, more often shoemakers. They constantly grind one and the same shoe. It is known that leprechauns are not averse to drinking, so they are often can be found in wine cellars. They also love tobacco and do not release from the mouth of the tube. Alexandrova Anastasia They say that each of the leprechauns has a pot of gold or if there is no gold, then the leprechaun grants three wishes. If a person is lucky and he caught a leprechaun, then he can force him to show the place where his gold is hidden, to ask him about everything in detail, without taking his eyes off the prisoner. But no one has ever managed to deceive a leprechaun: he will always find way to get out and get away.
Leprechaun view very exotic - light skin, wrinkled face, bright red nose. The outfit consists of a cocked hat, green pants and a vest with huge shiny buttons, a leather apron, long blue stockings and high boots with silver buckles slightly smaller than shoes.

Etymology of the name "leprechaun". One of the most common theories - that the name comes from Irish - Gaelic word leipreachun - elf, dwarf;
Alternative origin for name, listed by the Oxford Dictionary are leath bhrogan, meaning cobbler - a dwarf known as the magic shoemaker of Ireland. And the truth is The leprechaun is often depicted working on a single shoe.
Leprechaun is described as a small man from the faerie realm wearing an emerald green frock coat and green triangular hats. Bestows knowledge of the location of the buried hidden treasures. Leprechauns are very stingy and greedy, often looking like poor people, although have a lot of gold.

Yeats, in his 1888 book Fairy Tales, describes Leprechaun as follows:
"He is a bit of a dandy, he dresses in a red coat with his family rows of buttons, and wears a cocked hat. "

Music, dancing, fox hunting and drinking Irish whiskey is considered a favorite pastime of Leprechauns. Once he starts dancing to a man's song, he can't stop until the melody stops. Leprechaun gold detection tools include search for the end of the rainbow, which can lead a person to the Leprechaun, where he offers to fulfill 3 of his wishes in exchange for a treasure. But Leprechaun more often just uses cunning tricks and deceives a person
According to one legend, if a mortal manage to catch the Leprechaun, he will promise great wealth for his freedom. Leprechaun has two leather pouches. One bag contains a silver shilling - a magical coin that returns to its owner each times after payment - in Slavic mythology there is an analogue of such a coin - Irreplaceable ruble. In another bag, the Leprechaun hides a gold coin, which he uses, to try to bribe someone to get out of difficult situations. This the coin usually turns to leaves or ash once the Leprechaun gives to her new owner.