THE LITTLE
LEPRECHAUN
ALWAYS HIDING
PEEKING OUT
ALWAYS WANTING
TO JUMP AND SHOUT
A LITTLE
MISCHIEVOUS HE HIDES HIS
GOLD HE'S
UP TO SOMETHING HIS STRUTS
ARE BOLD
HE'S COUNTING
HIS GOLD IN HIS POT
HE GUARDS IT
WITH ALL HE'S GOT
HE LIVES IN THE FOREST ITS
HIS FAVORITE SPOT
HE'S A FUNNY
LITTLE MAN WHO YOU
HARDLY SEE
BUT WITH HIS POT
OF MONEY HE IS RICH
AS CAN BE.
The Leprechaun
The leprechaun is a tiny elf connected
with St. Patrick's Day. The word
'leprechaun' is from a mixture of 'luchorpan'
or 'small person' and a word meaning
'one-shoemaker.' As a St. Patrick's Day
symbol, the leprechaun is a smiling,
merry little elf. However, legend tells
us that he is always grumpy,
untrustworthy and very tricky. In
ancient myths, the leprechaun guards a
hidden pot of gold which humans try to
find but without success. As one story
goes, an Irishman caught a leprechaun,
managed to make him reveal which tree
his pot of gold was buried under. The
Irishman tied a red handkerchief around
the trunk of it so he would remember the
location when he went away to find a
shovel. When he returned, he found that
the leprechaun had tied a red
handkerchief exactly like his own around
every other tree in the forest!
IRISH
BLESSINGS!
MAY
THE ROAD RISE TO MEET YOU,
MAY THE WIND BE ALWAYS AT YOUR BACK
MAY THE SUN SHINE UPON YOUR FACE
THE RAINS FALL SOFT UPON YOUR FIELDS
AND, UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN,
MAY GOD HOLD YOU IN THE PALM OF HIS HAND
AUTHOR
HEATHER
MARCH 2007
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