If one encounters a leprechaun?

I would let the poor thing go!!!!!
*thinks about something a leperchaun would never say* ah! they might never say-"do i look to short in this?"
lol

Be very, very careful about what you wish for.

It's well-known to the Irish. The guy will give you what you ask for - in a literal sense.
Think lawyer!

You get three wishes.
Be careful that he does not trick you into making a fourth.

Don't take your eyes off him.


(Now that I think about it, there's a story somewhere on the boards about someone who catches one - and regrets it)

just when I thought it was safe to sleep - that
VCR in my mind rewinds to the Banshee scene from
Darby O'Gill and the little people.Brrrrr!!!!

I would ask nothing from a leprechaun - the price is far too dear.

(isn't that the one about the guy who was playing golf, Acc? Caught the leprachaun while looking for his lost ball, tried to refuse the wishes granted, but the bad tempered wee person insisted and two of the wishes were for endless money and a great sex life. A year later, when the leprachaun met up with the man again he enquired how the wishes had gone. The man related that each time he put his hand into his wallet, the correct amount of money for his immediate needs was produced, and that he was managing to have sex once a week. The wee one was horrified with the state of the man's sex life - wondering if he was loosing his powers! The man reasured the leprachaun that this was more than an acceptable sex life ........ for the Priest of a small village.)

Fnar fnar hyuck hyuck! Good one Lace.

Acc, what happens if a leprechaun tricks you into making a fourth wish?

First you have to find a leprechaun.
If I were looking for a lepre*K*aun or a *special gift* it would be *Q*uite a task indeed but I would begin my *Q*uest by looking in the garden,underneath that beautiful old wrought iron bench.
Hope you *K*atch my drift

I Qatch you drift *L* ..... i seems to attract men who are

a) short
b) believe in fairy tales
c) think they can grant wishes of the amazing kind
d) live forever

*sigh*

Here's a joke me brother sent me...

Three Irishmen were adrift on the sea in an open rowboat with no oars or sail, when one of them happened to notice an old bottle floating by, so he fished it out, rubbed the salt off it, and upon opening it, out popped a leprechaun. The first Irishman said, ''Ah, now we're saved! Make him give us three wishes!'' The second one agreed, saying, ''Yes three wishes it is for us!''
But the leprechaun said, ''D'ye think it's a genie I am? I'll give him who freed me one, and only one wish, and then off I go!''
So the third Irishman replied immediately, ''I wish that the ocean were Guinness!!!'' And poof! As far as the eye could see, the sea was rich and black, with tan foamy crests on the waves.
And the first Irishman regarded this and said,
''Aw jaysus, will ye look what he did?!? Now we'll have to pee in the boat!''
(*rim-shot*)

LMAO! How truly Irish that is, Celt...and has anyone besides me ever wondered why leprechauns are always drawn with those Amish beards (i.e. no mustaches)? This, of course, from one who has the beard of a leprechaun, bushy and red, but also has a mustache...

ok-i'm a little confused here-are leperchauns nice or nasty???

depends which family of leprachaun you meet, sarette ......... though, always, always beware! i hear tell from me ol' Da they are trickie ones!!

My understanding of all the faery folk is that you can't trust them because they run on a completely different set of morals than us. I.e. from our point of view they have none. Also they love to trick mortals - remember the story about the man who discovered a leprechaun's stash of gold and marked where it was, under a plant of some kind, with a red bandana (or similar)? When he returned to the spot every plant had a bandana on it (ok it's poorly remembered but you get the idea).
Cbleidd, I have no idea where those beards come from. Are they real though or are they just the product of some early 20th century cartoonists brain? Just as Santa Claus only got the red and white suit when he got sponsored by Coca Cola, maybe leprechauns only got the Ugly Beard when they were picked up by Disney.
Who knows? Never really warmed to leprechauns in any form, it has to be said (can you tell?)

I was thinking for along the lines, should I trust one claiming to be a leprechaun. If I go to Ireland and I need directions to Inishfree, can I ask a leprechaun. And if he should give me directions to Knockamore instead, should I follow those directions as would they not get me to Inishfree.

Being that the only wish I would have would be to be in Ireland, and being in Ireland I would, there would be no wishes for me to have, so no wishes shall I be taking.

then again, you could always buy a map.