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leprechaun

(in Irish folklore) a mischievous elf, often believed to have a treasure hoard
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leprechaun

small supernatural creature associated with shoemaking and hidden treasure. [Irish Folklore: Benét, 579]
See: Fairy
Allusions—Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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"Fair enough, let me grant you three wishes," sighed the leprechaun. "The first one is the boy's!" Jimmy smiled and said: "I wish it was Christmas!" Straight away, the temperature dropped and heavy snow fell.
All-day bender like Beckham!" Another wrote: "Is that Becks dressed as a leprechaun? Come on Becks, you've got plenty of pots of gold.
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The evening of Friday, July 1, will host a Leprechaun Bed Push Race in support of the Forget Me Not Children's Hospice.
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co.uk Man in a box to the living leprechaun...Stuart's other charity stunts | Stuart has completed |a host of fundraising stunts over the years including walking 500 miles on stilts, pushing a sprout up Mount Snowdon by his nose, spending a week as a leprechaun, being suspended in a harness by helium filled weather balloons for a week, completing a marathon mission dressed as a hamster, living in a perspex box for a week and cycling the length of Britain in a penny farthing
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