Leprechauns

A leprechaun is a type of fairy usually taking the form of an old man, clad in a red or green coat, who enjoys partaking in mischief. Like other fairy creatures, leprechauns have been linked to the Tuatha Dé Danann (mound-dwellers) of Irish mythology. The leprechauns spend all their time busily making shoes, and store away all their coins in a hidden pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. If ever captured by a human, the leprechaun has the magical power to grant three wishes in exchange for their release.

Random Facts about Leprechauns:
1. All Leprechauns are male.
2. They spend most of their time making or mending shoes.
3. Their obsessive dancers in particular dancing a jig
4. Historically Leprechauns actually wore red not green
5. Notoriously foul-mouthed
6. Prefer spending time alone
7. In some legends, Leprechauns carry a gold coin for each year they've aged.
8. If a Leprechaun is captured they can't lie.
9. Leprechaun and the Clurichaun are often confused. Clurichaun are tiny drunken fairies who often play tricks on dishonest drunks. However they are not cobblers, do not have a pot of gold, and can not grant wishes.
10. You obtain a leprechaun's pot of gold by capturing him and not taking your eyes off him until you get your gold. This may be the origin of the leprechaun's trickery. Fairy law requires the leprechaun to be honest with you if captured, but only for as long as you look him in the eye. It does not forbid tricks, only lying, but as soon as you look away the leprechaun can vanish, lie to you, or anything else he can dream up.