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Diamante Poem for leprechauns

Leprechaun

Clever, Mischievous

Tricking, Escaping, Hiding

Ireland, Pot of Gold, Charity, Vikings

Hugging, Sharing, Helping

Caring, Trustworthy

Tooth Fairy

Random facts about leprechauns

There are many random facts about leprechauns like the leprechaun is a type of male fairy.  Leprechauns talk in the form of old men even though they never grow older.  Leprechauns were made to make shoes and a person who makes shoes is called a cobbler.

Holidays and movies that deal with leprechauns

St. Patrick's Day is a major holiday about leprechauns, luck, and Ireland.  St. Patrick's Day is celebrated on March 17th.  There are many movies about leprechauns, but there is one I especially like and it is on Disney channel.  It is the Luck of the Irish.  It is about a boy who is Irish and got his lucky coin taken away from him and now has to get it back because the coin was really lucky and he is now turning into a leprechaun.

Symbols that relate to leprechauns

When people think of leprechauns, they think of a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.  People also think of St. Patrick's Day.  This is a major holiday in Ireland.  One last symbol that deals with leprechauns is good luck.

Origin of leprechauns

Leprechaun stories originated from Ireland.  It is felt that leprechauns are a mix of evil spirits and bad fairies.  Some stories say that the leprechauns are the Irish son god named Lug.  It is pronounced luck over here.  That is why Americans think of good luck when they think of leprechauns.

Personality of a leprechaun

Leprechauns are very smart, clever, and mischievous creatures.  They love to play tricks on people.  Tricks they play on people are usually harmless.  They like to drink, dance, and play music when they are not out having fun playing tricks on people.  Overall, they are very smart, playful creatures.

Special abilities of a leprechaun

When a treasure hunter finds a leprechaun, the leprechaun must give them 3 wishes.  They can only get the 3 wishes if the leprechaun doesn't use his power of hypnotism and trickery to escape the treasure hunter.  This can only happen if the treasure hunter takes his eyes off of the leprechaun.  Leprechauns have a special ability to vanish very quickly.

Appearance of a leprechaun

Leprechauns are about 3 feet tall. They have a cocked hat and a red or green jacket with 7 rows of buttons and 7 buttons on each row for a total of 49 buttons.  Before the 20th century, stories described leprechauns dressed in red, not green.  Leprechauns wear heavy leather shoes with silver buckles.

Why I chose leprechauns

For my project, I am doing a leprechaun. I am doing it because I think it is very cool and an interesting creature to study. There are many random interesting facts about leprechauns like, they were created to make shoes.




                                                                                 
                                   This is a picture of a leprechaun creating shoes.