what is the story behind leprechauns
A leprechaun (Irish: leipreachan) leipreachÃ¡n is a type of fairy In irish. Folklore it is usually depicted as a little bearded, man wearing a coat and, hat who partakes in. mischiefe is about three feet high, and is dressed in a little red jacket or roundabout, with red breeches buckled at the knee, gray or black stockings, and a hat, cocked in the style of a century ago, over a little, old, withered face. Round his neck is an Elizabethan ruff, and frills of lace are at his wrists.