leprechaun
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There’s probably a little leprechaun one for St. Patrick’s Day.
From Slate • May 30, 2024
These older family members of mine could paint vivid pictures as they spun yarns of leprechaun adventures.
From Salon • Mar. 12, 2024
The colorful cast of characters includes Shadow’s walking dead ex-wife, whom he accidentally reanimates after tossing a gold coin from a rowdy leprechaun into the open grave at her funeral.
From New York Times • May 17, 2023
In drawings and paintings, Low imagines her mother as a gangster from a Jackie Chan film, or a leprechaun running around and hoarding a pile of toilet paper.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 9, 2022
When Dad comes home from looking for a job he holds Margaret and sings to her: In a shady nook one moonlit night A leprechaun I spied.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
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