10 Things You Should Know About Leprechauns

There’s more to the little green tricksters than meets the eye

Sandi Parsons
The Last Nerd
Published in
8 min readMar 29, 2021

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Irish legends describe leprechauns as short, bearded men wearing green suits with a hat. It doesn’t sound like the typical description for faeries, but that’s precisely what a leprechaun is. Leprechauns are part of the Faerie Folk — royalty descended from the Tuatha Dé Danann, often…

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Sandi Parsons
The Last Nerd

Sandi Parsons lives & breathes stories as a reader, writer, and storyteller📚 Kidlit specialist, dipping her toes in the big kid’s pool.