leprechauns

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It is easy-breezy, light spirited — rainbows, leprechauns, good luck, good cheer — it is childlike in its commitment to being pure fun.

From Salon • Mar. 12, 2024

In Mayan culture, an aluxe is believed to be a mischievous elflike being that lives in the woods, a creature of folklore similar to leprechauns, unicorns, mermaids and the Loch Ness Monster.

From New York Times • Feb. 27, 2023

Much of the work that came his way was playing leprechauns, Santa’s elves and other kinds of elves, all roles he refused.

From Washington Post • Jan. 26, 2022

The real star is the wily veteran groundskeeper O’Gill, who spins tall tales at the local inn about his encounters with leprechauns.

From The Guardian • Mar. 31, 2020

Instead of dancing, they launched themselves across the field and began throwing what seemed to be handfuls of fire at the leprechauns.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling