Leprechauns have always been the unofficial mascot of St. Patrick, but if you get them to real Irish people, chances are you'll laugh at the pub.
so we decided to do our best to trace tiny favorite, red beard men of all to their origins. We will know their travel mythological creatures to breakfast cereal mascots. Here are all the facts that we know leprechauns.
1. The word leprechaun comes from the Old Irish word of luchorp? N , which is a compound of roots t? (short) and corp (body).
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2. luchorp? N first appeared as the fairy water, but eventually became heavily drinking creatures we know today.
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3. the first account was true goblins in the medieval history of Fergus mac L? Ti king of Ulster. While he was sleeping, three little fairies bearded tried to slide into the ocean.
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4. more playing pranks, leprechauns are said to love tinkering shoes.
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5. The legends say that if you catch a leprechaun, he grant you the desires. Others say that the creatures are gold. Even William Butler Yeats described them as "treasure-pitchers."
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6. The mantle classic green leprechaun is a relatively new thing. Before the 20th century, leprechauns have been known to wear red.
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7. Leprechauns vary in appearance depending on where they come from in Ireland. For example, leprechauns are fat Kerry, Tipperary leprechauns wear a sword, and North goblins wear pointed hats.
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8. Something leprechaun typically involves a very unhealthy agreement. Carol Rose in history, a goblin said a man where his treasure is buried, but because the man is not a shovel, he wraps a red scarf around a tree to mark it. When he comes back with a shovel, every tree in the forest has a red scarf.
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9. As Smurfs, elves women are extremely rare or nonexistent. Traditionally, leprechauns are little bearded men with a penchant for pipes
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10. the Irish believe that the leprechaun was transformed into a subtle dig at their culture. modern representations include offensive stereotypical items such as alcohol abuse, fighting, obsession with wealth, and the silly dance.
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(via IrishCentral)
Thus, while there is a change of fun to dress the office clovers for March, just know that leprechauns are the equivalent of Jar Jar Binks in Star Wars fans ... they are the characters the most famous in Irish mythology, but they are also the most boring.

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