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The leprechaun is similar to the clurichaun and the far darrig in that he is a solitary creature. Some writers even go as far as to replace these second two less well-known spirits with the leprechaun in stories or tales to reach a wider audience. The clurichaun is considered by some to be merely a leprechaun on a drinking spree. [41]
(from caoinim Irish pronunciation: [ˈkiːnʲəmʲ] meaning "I wail") to lament, to wail mournfully (OED). No relation to "keen" = eager. kibosh, kybosh to finish, to put an end to: "That's put the kibosh on it". The OED says the origin is obscure and possibly Yiddish.
Farfadets are described as being small (some half-meter tall), wrinkled, and brown-skinned; they generally wear tattered brown clothing, or go naked.
When does a leprechaun cross the street? When it turns green 7. What would you get if you crossed Christmas with St. Patrick’s Day? St. O’Claus 8. What did the leprechaun say when the video ...
In Spanish, duende originated as a contraction of the phrase dueñ(o) de casa, effectively "master of the house", or alternatively, derived from some similar mythical being of the Visigoth or Swabian culture given its comparable looks with the “Tomte” of the Swedish language conceptualized as a mischievous spirit inhabiting a dwelling.
Crichton Leprechaun, a news story of a purported leprechaun in Mobile, Alabama; Kobold, (occasionally cobold) is a sprite stemming from Germanic mythology and surviving into modern times in German folklore; Leprechaun economics, a term coined by Paul Krugman for Ireland's 2015 26.3% GDP growth rate; Leprecon (disambiguation)
This version's name uses the official DC Comics pronunciation. Mister Mxyzptlk appears in the Super Friends franchise, voiced by Frank Welker. This version's name is pronounced "miks-ill-plik" forwards and "kilp-ill-skim" backwards. Additionally, he enjoys tormenting all of the Super Friends even when Superman is absent.
The journalists struggled to stay serious as locals explained their theories about the sighting. "To me, it look like a leprechaun to me. All you gotta do is look up in the tree.