Is there a leprechaun in your garden
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Article by: Susanna Duffy There is no mention to be found of female leprechauns in traditional Irish legend, so as to how they came to be .. your guess is as good as mine. These apparently aged, diminutive men are hard-working cobblers, turning out exquisite shoes for other sprites. If you happen across an industrious little fellow hammering out a shoe, look closely - for he may be a leprechaun. Step quietly, for leprechauns will avoid humans, knowing us to be foolish and greedy. A leprechaun dresses in old-fashioned clothes of green, , How to Use Color in Your Perennial Garden with a red cap, multi-pocketed leather apron, and buckled shoes. He is quite fond of a smoke from his foul smelling clay pipe which is always close by, and he is frequently in an intoxicated state from home-brew poteen. However, a leprechaun never becomes so drunk that the hand which holds the hammer becomes unsteady and his shoemaker's work affected. If you hear the sound of a hammer from behind a hedgerow you know you have found him. As well as cobbling, his other trade is banking, and he is guardian to the ancient treasures. Much treasure was left by the Danes when they marauded through Ireland, and the leprechaun buries it in crocks or pots. , Gardening: Creating Your Own Private Paradise Rainbows reveal where pots , A Guide to Industrial Vacuum Cleaners of gold are hidden, so he will sometimes spend all day moving crocks from one spot to another to elude the tell-tale end of the rainbow. If you catch a leprechaun, don't let him out of your grasp before he reveals his gold. He'll try to distract you with all manner of tricks and, in the blink of an eye, will dash out of sight. For such a sturdy little chap, he can move with the speed of a rabbit. He carries two leather pouches. In one there is a silver shilling, a magical coin that returns to the purse each time it's spent. In the other there is a gold coin for bribing his way out of difficult situations. (Don't accept this coin - it turns into a rock). But he can be generous if you do him a good turn. Your kind deed wil be repaid with a wish. Leprechauns come in two distinct groups - leprechaun and cluricaun. A cluricaun dresses very stylishly with a jaunty cap, large silver buckles on his shoes, beautiful , Improving Deer Quality in Rural Pa gold laces and pale blue , 5 Pieces of Equipment Gardeners Can’t Live Without stockings. You will never see him wear an apron or carry a hammer. He has a jolly grin, a slightly pink-tipped nose and is almost always drunk and cheerful. Pass him by, for he never has any money, or any idea where treasure is buried. A cluricaun will steal or borrow almost anything, making merry and creating mayhem in your house , Make A Coffee Can Herb Garden during the hours of darkness. He will happily busy himself raiding your kitchen, , How to Grow Sprouts pantry, larder and cellar and after dinner he will harness your sheep, goats, dogs and even your domestic , Garden Gnomes to add whimsey to your garden fowls to ride away.Through the countryside he will race them, over the fields and into the bog. Leprechauns denounce cluricaun behavior, but it has been said that cluricauns may just be leprechauns on drunken sprees. You can make a trap with common household , A Guide to Industrial Vacuum Cleaners items. Take a net, a cardboard box, green paint, , Ornamental Plants That Improve Bird Habitats green , Bonsai Tree Forum: Bonsai Basics tissue paper, some pennies and an old shoe. Firstly, paint , The American Arborvitae Grows well in Danboro Pa. the cardboard box green , Spice up your Garden with Rare Flowering Bulbs and place , A Spring Sampler the old shoe inside. , Red Roses If I Love You, Yellow If I Don't: The Secret Langu Cover the opening with thin green , Gardening: Creating Your Own Private Paradise tissue paper. Carefully lay the pennies on the tissue paper. (If you don't want to use real money, you can easily substitute chocolate gold- wrapped coins or make your own by cutting circles out of cardboard and painting , Containing Your Garden them gold). Place the trap near some trees , A Guide to Industrial Vacuum Cleaners or hedgerows. Make sure it's disguised well and blends into the surroundings. When the Leprechaun sees the coins he will try to collect them. He will step onto the tissue paper, it will break and he will fall , The $27,000 Toilet Seat - A Funny DIY Story into the box. Now quickly throw the net over him. You can also try to lure a leprechaun with some poteen instead of an old shoe. When he falls , Carnivorous Plants and Black Bears into the box he will drink the brew, get drunk and then you can grab him. No one has yet caught a leprechaun, but don't be discouraged. Start looking today. Good luck !! About The Author Susanna Duffy is a Civil Celebrant, author, mythologist and grief counsellor who creates Rites of Passage for personal and civic functions http://celebrant.yarralink.com |
  
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