leprechaun
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A leprechaun costume at Notre Dame might seem silly, but Parker said Bowden owned it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2025
There’s probably a little leprechaun one for St. Patrick’s Day.
From Slate ● May 30, 2024
These older family members of mine could paint vivid pictures as they spun yarns of leprechaun adventures.
From Salon ● Mar. 12, 2024
The colorful cast of characters includes Shadow’s walking dead ex-wife, whom he accidentally reanimates after tossing a gold coin from a rowdy leprechaun into the open grave at her funeral.
From New York Times ● May 17, 2023
“The leprechaun is bound by certain rituals. Very specific rituals, I might add. We can use them to track one down.”
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
Speaking of trillion-dollar leprechauns, you will hunt through all 545 pages in vain for those big “DOGE” savings you were promised.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 17, 2026
It is easy-breezy, light spirited — rainbows, leprechauns, good luck, good cheer — it is childlike in its commitment to being pure fun.
From Salon ● Mar. 12, 2024
Three years later came Crock of Gold, with its album cover featuring a painting by Shane MacGowan of leprechauns that resembled the demons that seemed to haunt him throughout his life.
From BBC ● Nov. 30, 2023
Gnomes and shrooms go together like leprechauns and pots of gold, so pair this funky fungus with your chillest gnomie.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 16, 2023
No wonder leprechauns were such ridiculous figures in human folklore.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
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