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clabber, clauber (from clábar) wet clay or mud; curdled milk. clock O.Ir. clocc meaning "bell"; into Old High German as glocka, klocka [15] (whence Modern German Glocke) and back into English via Flemish; [16] cf also Welsh cloch but the giving language is Old Irish via the hand-bells used by early Irish missionaries.
Leprechaun-like creatures rarely appear in Irish mythology and only became prominent in later folklore. Etymology The Anglo-Irish ( Hiberno-English ) word leprechaun is descended from Old Irish luchorpán or lupracán , [ 1 ] via various ( Middle Irish ) forms such as luchrapán, lupraccán , [ 2 ] [ 3 ] (or var. luchrupán ).
An illustration from Berbiguier's book. Despite this reputation, the 18th century French writer AVC Berbiguer believed he was tormented by them, and wrote extensively about them and their depredations.
Here, we're exploring the world of leprechaun folklore (and delving into some of the history of St. Patrick's Day too!) in order to bring some satisfactory answers to try and answer "Are ...
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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.
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The Kabouter (Dutch pronunciation: [kaːˈbʌutər] ⓘ) is a gnome-like creature in Dutch folklore. The Dutch Kabouters are akin to the Irish Leprechaun, Scandinavian Tomte or Nisse, the English Hob, [1] the Scottish Brownie [2] and the German Klabauter or kobold. [3]