[PGR88]

Leprechaun population under threat ‘There are 236 left, there were millions of them,’

Damn you, climate change!

[broken_clock]

I’m not Irish but Eirinn Go Brach!

[algore]

gods, and spiritual creatures lose their power as beliefs waver, and the number of believers plumet.

Many past gods we know as names only, many more have been forgotten altogether. That is the only way an immortal spirit can cease to exist.

But like the Highlander movie:

In the end there can only be One.

[HartleyMBaldwin]

Punchline of very old joke: “Aren’t you a wee bit old to be believin’ in leprechauns?”

[clearcarbon]

"‘They all died. There were millions of them, as you know, all over Ireland. The leprechaun spirit attached itself to the human spirit, and it didn’t do that until the Vikings came to Ireland, say around 802. They were so cruel,’ he commented."

I suppose the potato famine didn't help much either.

[Bethaneidh]

Mystical? Nah, doubtful, but secretive and other-social and all that might go with the size disadvantage, sure. Think of dogs, cats, horses even, which exist in a wide variety of sizes. If I were a quarter the size (or less) of most humans, I might avoid them, make up protective tales, try the occasional alliance, and perhaps duck out of sight the moment they look away.

[RoosterRedux]

Bfl

[Jumper]

So the Irish were not cruel to the Romans before the Vikings arrived. Sounds like romatic BS to me.

[Jemian]

So, what does he think contributes to the decline, disbelief in them? So, if more people believe then the wee people will increase in numbers? Didn’t I read this in a book by Barrie?

[ABN 505]

My favorite little people https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIT_ov0lOXo with a pot of gold thrown in.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks nickcarraway.

• Thousands of everyday snacks that face being BANNED in multiple states because their ingredients are linked to cancer - including Flamin' Hot Cheetos, Lucky Charms and Gatorade [04/19/2024]

[Albion Wilde]

It mentions that the Leprechaun Whisperer is from County Louth, the northeasternmost county of the Republic of Ireland, and I think the smallest. Louth is nestled around the Dundalk Bay, above Dublin and below the border of Northern Ireland (UK). It is the site of the Viking invaders' first permanent settlement in Ireland in 841 A.D.

There has since ancient days been small boating, fishing and shipping businesses in Louth, including at Annagassan, which during the Potato Famine years, ferried many starving Irish who were destined for the ports of New York, Philadelphia, Havre de Grace and Baltimore. I do not know if boats sailed transatlantically from Annagassan, or merely connected to the presumably larger nearby deportation docks of Dundalk.

Now, for much of the year, Annagassan is mostly a couple of pubs, some village houses, fishing works and sheep farms, but it holds an occasional Viking Festival (recently interrupted by the plandemic) and a Viking 10K Coastal Run.

If you are in that area of Ireland, it's not a far drive either from Louth or from Dublin over to County Meath and Sláine (Saint Patrick's Hill), and nearby, the ancient pagan Hill of Tara.

[x]

You had me worried for a minute.

But Jennifer's alright.

And so's Sean Hannity.