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

Hermione said, leaning forward to watch Krum land as a swarm of mediwizards blasted a path through the battling leprechauns and veela to get to him.

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