#irish legends

The Leprechaun is a small humanoid Fairy found in Ireland. The Leprechaun is described as a small humanoid Fairy that in modern day is depicted usually wearing green with a top hat and smoking a pipe and most of the time they have an orange beard. The very first mention of a Leprechaun is found in the book  Echtra Fergus Mac Léti  which translates to  Adventure of Fergus son of Léti where the King of Ulster Fergus Mac Léti wakes up on a beach where he sees three Leprechauns trying to drag  him into the ocean; he then captures them and they offer him three wishes for their release. Leprechauns are also said to have a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow and if you get the gold they will offer you three wishes for its return however most people take the gold due to the fact that Leprechauns are know tricksters and like to cause mischief so your wishes may not end up as you expect them.

Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with Fadó, an RPG set in ancient Ireland (and featuring the saint himself)!

Fadó: Chapter One is available now for PC at
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1148200/Fad_Chapter_One/

My Fairy Tale’s Weaver Girl

Sorcha of Sevenwaters (or Jenny of Harrowfield) from the book Daughter of the Forest (Juliet Marillier) is a young irish girl living with the bretons when she weaves the startwort shirts to break the spell that transformed her six brothers into swans (the book is inspired on the fairy tale of “The Six Swans” amazinglymixed with Irish legends).

The startwort plants and flowers that she used to spin the magicalshirts had thorns that hurt and disfigured her hands.

I won this book as birthday gift from a dearest friend, and now I’m dying to read the whole series.

As the romance takes place in the beggining of King Aethelwulf of Wessex reign, I believe the approximate date is circa of 840.

by mara sop