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While the film project was in development, Walt Disney was in contact with, and consulting Séamus Delargy and the Irish Folklore Commission, but never asked for leprechaun material, even though a large folkloric repository on such subject was housed by the commission. A leprechaun is a diminutive supernatural being in Irish folklore, classed by some as a type of solitary fairy. A leprechaun ( Irish: lucharachán/leipreachán/luchorpán) is a diminutive supernatural being in Irish folklore, classed by some as a type of solitary fairy. A lot of Irish find the stereotype of leprechauns, red hair, thatched cottages, and an Irish jig offensive.Leprechauns were originally depicted a lot like garden gnomes: white or brown beards, red pointy hats, and neutral, nature-colored clothing.

You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Personalised advertising may be considered a “sale” or “sharing” of information under California and other state privacy laws, and you may have a right to opt out.Some of the technologies we use are necessary for critical functions like security and site integrity, account authentication, security and privacy preferences, internal site usage and maintenance data, and to make the site work correctly for browsing and transactions. quite a beau in his dress, notwithstanding, for he wears a red square-cut coat, richly laced with gold, and inexpressible of the same, cocked hat, shoes and buckles. The earliest known reference to the leprechaun appears in the medieval tale known as the Echtra Fergus mac Léti ( ' Adventure of Fergus son of Léti '). Armchair Folklore: Yeats and the Textual Sources of "Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry" ", Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy.