Article by Brad Steiger
The Leprechaun, dressed in bright green clothing with a red cap and a leather apron, was originally known as the cheerful cobbler, a wee person who takes delight in repairing humans’ shoes for a reward of a bowl of porridge.
The classic folk tale of the Leprechaun is that of a loutish human catching one of the wee folk and demanding to be given the little cobbler’s pot of gold. In these stories, the sly Leprechaun always manages to trick the greedy clod who has grabbed him by causing the human to glance away from him. Once a human takes his eyes off the Leprechaun, the wee one has the power to vanish in a flash.
Over the centuries, the country folk of Ireland have learned not to disturb the earthen mounds or raths in which the Leprechauns dwell. Those who would wantonly violate their domicile is to invite severe supernatural consequences upon themselves.
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