leprechaun

As Fintan O'Toole quipped recently in the Irish Times, his country "found the crock of gold at the end of the rainbow without even trying to catch the leprechaun."

From Salon ● Dec. 2, 2024

There’s probably a little leprechaun one for St. Patrick’s Day.

From Slate ● May 30, 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

I asked if he were a leprechaun, and if so, where was his pot of gold?

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2023

Colin kicked his legs to the side with each step, like a heel-clicking leprechaun, trying to discourage the blood-thirsty hornets from attacking his legs.

From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green

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

In Mayan culture, an aluxe is believed to be a mischievous elflike being that lives in the woods, a creature of folklore similar to leprechauns, unicorns, mermaids and the Loch Ness Monster.

From New York Times ● Feb. 27, 2023

Instead of dancing, they launched themselves across the field and began throwing what seemed to be handfuls of fire at the leprechauns.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling