Yes Yes with a yellow belt buckle on the shoe. =P
Yes that's their principle occupation- and the reason why is because they wear out their shoes with so much dancing.
Lucky people who ask nicely.
NO
Leprechaun is Gaelic for Shoemaker
Midgt
They collect gold coins and make shoes. The word Leprechaun is actually Gaelic for shoemaker, which makes sense as the occupation of a Leprechaun is a shoemaker to the fairies.
Neither of those spellings are correct.The correct spelling is leprechaun.For example:The leprechaun guarded his pot of gold from treasure hunters.I thought I saw a leprechaun in the garden.
The fairy shoemaker in Irish folklore is known as the Leprechaun. Leprechauns are considered solitary beings who are skilled at crafting shoes and are known for their elusive nature and ability to grant wishes. Legend has it that if you catch a leprechaun, they may lead you to their hidden pot of gold.
The common cobbler is a shoe maker . In Gaelic Leprechaun means 'one shoe maker'
"Leprechaun" is popularly credited as being from the Gaelic word "leipreachán", meaning "a pigmy, a sprite, or luchorpán, which means a kind of aqueous sprite". The word is also defined as meaning "half-bodied" or "small-bodied". See the Collins English Dictionary. The Oxford Dictionary quotes leath bhrógan as the original word, which means shoe-maker, and this makes sense since the leprechaun is known as the fairy shoemaker of Ireland and is often portrayed working on a single shoe, much like the fairytale of the Poor Shoemaker.
Supposedly, after a Leprechaun has been caught, the person must watch them at all times in order to receive the golden prize that is promised by legend. The Leprechaun is a very tricky creature, and will try to convince you to look away from it so it can make a clean escape. Even a second of looking at something else, a simple glance in another direction, is enough to give the Leprechaun a chance to get away. If the Leprechaun gets away from you, regardless of whether or not you saw it, OR caught it, there will be no prize for you, only the memory of this little shoemaker farie.
Leprechaun
LEPRECHAUN - one of the small mythical Irish people
from being the first leprechaun
Irish folklore has two races of magical creatures - fairies and leprechauns. The leprechaun is the closest thing Irish folklore has to a pixie. Leprechaun: The leprechaun is a small færie, grotesque in appearance, dressed in green with a leather apron, silver buckled shoes, a red cap, and spectacles at tilting on the end of his nose. Known for being a shoemaker, a leprechaun will never make a pair of shoes, just one at a time. Although they are quick to shun humans, leprechauns, like brownies, like to play tricks on humans. If however, a leprechaun is caught, which is very difficult to accomplish, he is forced to reveal the location of his hidden treasure. While he is guiding someone to his treasure, and they take their eye off of him for even a second, the leprechaun will disappear.