Fiddledydee!
Rainbows, pots of gold, the luck of the Irish….
Little men with beards and tall hats, mischief a plenty….
We all enjoy a tale of a cheeky Leprechaun, but what if they actually existed?
Hello and welcome back to Life’s Biggest Questions, and Happy St Paddy’s day to you!
I am your host Charlotte and today we are celebrating the luckiest day of the year by
asking What if Leprechauns Were Real?
We all know that Leprechauns are mythical Irish folklore fairies with a penchant for
mischief, but did you know that they actually have recognised rights within the European
Union?
There are said to be 236 leprechauns that live within the Carlington Mountain.
It seems that EU granted heritage status to them, who have their own protected sanctuary
in the mountain…although we are yet to see any physical evidence of their existence.
What if we found some though?
Well, if Leprechauns WERE real, I would advise you watch out for your whiskey!
Leprechauns are notorious for being drunken little fools, a lot like me.
Either way, if they did exist, I can only imagine they’d be after your good stuff.
That being said, perhaps you could use a bottle of fine Irish Whiskey to lure the Leprechauns
to you.
Irish legend says that Leprechauns will grant you three wishes in exchange for their freedom.
If people cottoned on to this, its possible a lot of people would go out hunting for Leprechauns,
which could lead to a few questions of ethics.
Like Hermione Grainger’s work with Spew, we may see an insurgence of Leprechaun rights
groups, and perhaps it wouldn’t be long before the process of Leprechaun poaching
was made illegal.
That being said, I am not sure Leprechauns even need human laws to protect themselves
- it is well known in Irish Folklore that Leprechauns are evasive tricksters.
If you did manage to catch one, its likely they would befuddle you in some way, or, if
they did grant you your wishes, it has been said they purposefully mess up commands to
play with you.
This could lead to a lot of angry people, and perhaps cause tensions between humans
and fairies, but of course, fairies are magic ….so why would we ever want to mess with
them!
Either way, I can only imagine if Leprechauns were real, tourism in Ireland would majorly
be on the up, which would boost the Irish economy no end!
If Leprechauns were real, people would have an increased interest in rainbows and their
now more realistic magical powers, with many searching for that much fabled pot of gold.
There would be studies launched into light refraction and how this somehow generates
precious metals.
Countless scientists would be trying to replicate the process, which, if they found a way, would
be a game changer for mining.
Light mining.
Can you imagine.
If Leprechauns were real, they would be doing a roaring shoe trade.
In popular culture, the fairies are regularly seen making and mending shoes; they’re talented
cobblers!
Sure, they have their leprechaun gold and everything, but maybe they could cash in on
their good name; I am sure there is a huge global market for 100 percent certified Leprechaun
goods.
If Leprechauns found their job options too limited in the cobbler field, they are also
known to be talented musicians.
Perhaps if they were real, there would be a number of Leprechaun bands out there, that
us humans would flock to see.
The only place for a Leprechaun performance is a pub, of course, which would make the
nightlife of Ireland even more attractive to tourists!
If Leprechauns were real, we would have a lot of questions surrounding procreation.
Leprechauns by legend are male; female leprechauns haven’t been discussed.
We would need to ask them a thing or two about procreation and how this is possible in Leprechaun
land.
Do they just magically appear at the end of rainbows like their pots of gold?
Would this information on how to avoid female conception lead to a global study on how to
reproduce without women?
If so, what would the long term consequences be?
Of course, if Leprechauns were real, this could mean that fairies and other such mystic
creatures are real too, which would open up a whole new chapter of questions, which of
course, may make for a great future episode of Life’s Biggest Questions.
So there we have it, there are a few ideas as to what would happen if Leprechauns were
real.
What do you think the world would be like?
How are you celebrating Saint Paddy’s Day?
Let me know in the comments section down below.
For now, thanks for tuning
in ** Host sign off.