I'm impressed. I was in Dublin in the early 60's (before they blew the statue downtown). Anyway, maybe you can help me with something that I have been thinking about for a while. I read (somewhere?) that the Leperchauns of Ireland were in fact (one guy speculating) the same people as the African Bushmen (The original Irishmen). I have read a lot about the African Bushmen and they do seem to fill the bill in their mannerisms, physical appearance and etc. The little of Irish history that I did look at did not reveal anything about the Leperchauns/Bushmen. Any insight? Also, who were these Fomorian characters that I kept 'bumping' into during my travels in Irish history? Were they African Blacks? Thanks.
Never head that one, Blam. My guess is they are far closer to the knomes and elves which make up a large part of Norse lore. They are in the bedtime stories which parents tell their Children, both in Norway and America. Go to Bergen and on the docklands see all sort of wooden statues of these Leperchaun type characters.
> I have read a lot about the African Bushmen and they do seem to fill the bill in their mannerisms, physical appearance and etc.
I've seen Bushmen in southern Africa and none of them looked like any Irishman I've seen. {ggg}.