Leprechauns

[devi]

Imagine this is a real poll:

- What are the characteristics of leprechauns?

- What's the first thing that comes to mind when you think of a leprechaun?

- Would you buy a used car from a leprechaun?

- Would you sleep with a leprechaun?

- Would you ever take a leprechaun seriously?

Your opinions are of the most crucial and pressing importance to me....

(edit, since lots of you have answered)

...because lots of people have suddenly started calling me one, and then wondered why I got touchy about it. Thank you all! That's why! Leprechauns are frivolous and devious and greedy and evil, are probably the least glamorous/aspirational of all the supernatural beings, and above all, THEY'RE ALL MEN!. What are they trying to tell me?

And why the sudden leprechaun-comparisons, after three years living in London without any? At first I was Paranoid Chicklit Girl and thought "oh god, I've got fat and leprechauns are chubby", but now I think it may be my lovely new jade-green corduroy jacket which I thought made me look so natty (in a hippy sort of way). Now it seems the thing makes me look like a foot-high middle-aged man. Bah.

On the other hand, bateleur's description of badgers reminds me of me a few years ago in my goth/nocturnal phase. I think I'll be a badger instead.

Comments

[elethe.livejournal.com]

They like Green, they are Irish. They can be any height but are usually very small.

They are obsessed with gold, mischievous and probably not to be trusted.

Don't buy anything from them, certainly don't sleep with them.

You should take them seriously - they are obviously quite evil a lot of the time.

They are related to the Cornish Pyskies only bigger and more hairy. They are all male. They may be related to the Green Man, tree sprites (who may be the female equivalent) and are cousins to the taller, thinner, prettier (even nastier) elves.

They would probably smash you in the gob if you called them fairies.

[bluedevi.livejournal.com]

Now, there's the thing, I'd love to be a pyskie...

[elethe.livejournal.com]

I think I spelled it wrong though - they appear to be called piskies (http://www.mysteriousbritain.co.uk/folklore/piskies.html).

I think I got confused by pixylatedpixy's username . So many ys.

[elethe.livejournal.com]

You don't want to be a pisky - they are all old and gnarly.