They are little halflings which are half human and half fairy.
They are covered in reddish fur with twigs and dirt occasionally
getting trapped in it and they are stark naked. They are notorious for having bad personal
hygiene, you would be able to smell them around your house if they are near.
They can turn themselves invisible and only show themselves when they want to. They would
also help around the house like planting, harvesting or even doing domestic chores and
all they want in return is a jug of cream or booze.
It is also believed that if you want to get rid of them, just give them clothes.
They are shape shifters, it can take the form
of other animals and even humans. They can talk like humans but in human form it would
still have animal features like the ears or tail. The only common feature that doesn't
change during shapeshift is its fiery golden or red eyes and its jet black hair or fur.
The pooka can either give good advice when treated with respect or destroy huge masses
of crops and even vandalise people's property if it doesn't get what it wants. Like in remote
areas of County Down, the pooka becomes a goblin that demands a share of the crop at
the end of harvest. In other parts of Ireland, it would become a creature like the bogeyman
and just scare people who walk outside at night.
But in County Fermanagh, on high mountain tops, the pooka would almost always turn into
a black horse and if treated with respect, would give advice and a bit of prophecy of
what is to come.
It is a fairy woman who wails or sing if someone
is about to die. These banshees are often wearing white or grey dresses and has long
pale hair. Some Irish families believes that the banshee is attached to them and will wail
when a family member is about to die. Traditionally, when someone dies, a woman would sing a lament
at the funeral, but according to legend for great Irish families, the lament would be
sung by a fairy woman. These fairy women would have foresight and
will sing even if the person who died is overseas or very far away. Some say that if there is
more than one banshee wailing, that means someone great is going to die.
We could probably call them the headless horseman
because it rides a horse or drive a coach without a head on its shoulders. The severed
head is usually carried on one hand or sat down next to it on the coach.
These Dullahan could either be a man or a woman. They have gothic taste in items where
it has a whip made out of human spine and the wagon adorned with gothic objects like
candles in skulls or wheels made of bones. They hate to be seen and will throw blood
on the person who sees them or using his whip he would strike the person's face and blind
them. They are a bit like the banshee in which,
where there is the dullahan there will be death. But death only happens when they stop
in their tracks and shout the name of the soon to be dead.
An Irish term for a mermaid or merman.
The usual half-human, gorgeous human waist up and fish-like waist down. They have soft white
webbing between their fingers and green hair. They always wear special hats called the cohuleen druith
which enables them to dive in the water without having to come out for air.
They are known to have a gentle, modest and affectionate personalities that they are capable
of inter-marrying with humans. There are stories of these intermarriages, but it usually goes
like this: they would always go back to sea after a while rather than living happily ever after together.
Now, we all know what a leprechaun is, the
little old men with the green outfit and the lucky charms with the pot of gold at the end
of a rainbow. But, a clurichaun is like a toned down version of a leprechaun.
Some say its a close cousin to the leprechaun but some say that they are the leprechauns
themselves. Why is a clurichaun like and not like the leprechaun? It is because these clurichauns
are always seen at night and is always drunk. Their physical appearance look just like the
leprechauns but more disheveled and sloppy. They still like to prank people but they are
more interested in people's wine cellar and just have the time of their life drinking
til everything is dry. So are they a close cousin to the leprechauns
or are they leprechauns who had just too many drinks for its own good?