With St. Patrick’s Day just around the corner, people will soon be celebrating by wearing green clothing and enjoying some cold beer. The leprechaun—easily recognizable for its small stature, green suit, buckled shoes, red beard, and derby hat—has become the icon of the holiday. But where did leprechaun lore begin?
Eighth-century Irish folklore portrayed leprechauns as mischievous fairies. The name leprechaun is thought to come from either “luchorpan,” meaning small body, or “leath bhrogan,” meaning shoemaker. The legends of these creatures depict them as cobblers. Yet, each leprechaun was said to have his own pot of gold, often found at the end of a rainbow.
Despite their humble careers, leprechauns were believed to be tricksters who could not be trusted. Legend tells that any person lucky enough to spot and catch a leprechaun could offer him freedom in return for his gold. But leprechauns were deceptive by nature and arranging a deal with one could be risky.
While leprechauns of Irish myth originally wore the color red and a tri-colored hat, their image has changed over the centuries into the small green-clad men we’re familiar with today. One thing that hasn’t changed is that is has always been considered good luck to find a leprechaun, though the original legends tell of the creatures luring humans away for good with the promise of treasure.
Mischievous nature aside, leprechauns are said to be merrymakers who enjoy dancing and drinking. This more closely ties into modern celebrations of St. Patrick’s Day. Want to try your luck at winning a bit of your own treasure?
You can enter our giveaway simply by telling us one reason you feel lucky. Commenting below will serve as your entry for our March giveaway. But remember to keep it classy; inappropriate comments will be deleted and disqualified. Submit your comment (one comment only please) by March 25, 2018. One winner will be randomly selected on March 26, 2018 to receive a Welsh Red Dragon 1 oz colorized silver round from the Celtic Lore series.
May the luck of the Irish be with you!
I do what I can to prepare, my Dad always said luck favors the prepared.
Feeling lucky that my I can still dance with devil in the pale moonlight.
I feel lucky because my 2 year old is being discharged today after 4 days in our children’s hospital due to pneumonia and rsv(respiratory infection) which is especially complicated due to her heart condition known as schones complex(congenital heart disease) as she has had 2 open heart surgeries. The first one when she was 7days old and the second when she was just over a year and she will also have a third when she is 30lbs. So every day with her is truly a miracle.
Im lucky to have this opportunity to tell you all how lucky i am to enter a drawing for a free silver coin. Thanks provident metals.
I. Am lucky because Christ died for my sins so I can have eternal life.
You’ve got to ask yourself one question,do I feel lucky? Well do ya punk? ☘
I FEEL LUCKY TO BE BORN IN THE USA. SERVED IN THE US ARMY. HAVE A WONDERFUL WIFE, THREE GROWN CHILDREN, NINE GRANDCHILDREN, AND ELEVEN GREAT GRAND CHILDREN.I AM BLESSED.MY WIFE AND I HAVE BEEN MARRIED 60 YEARS ON JULY 12TH.
I feel lucky for the family I have and have had. Again, thanks for having this giveaway!
I’ve survived cancer and bought my 15 acres to build my dream home with my animals and have lots of good friends over 🙂
Nice, thank you for having this giveaway!
I am feeling lucky because my order from Provident Metals came in today!
I feel lucky because I survived after being hit intentionally by a drunk driver while I was at work. This cast comes off in a few more weeks!
I feel lucky to have a good job, a good home, and a good family. I have just started stacking so don’t have much silver yet, but I am lucky that I have the chance to get more!
I am lucky because I’m healthy, and I have a beautiful wife and children that love me. I am blessed to have a roof over my head, clothes on my back and food on our table.
I served 33 years in the military and lived through it to retire in 2016. I live in the best Country on the planet. I have a great family, good health and life is good. What more could a man ask for? Maybe a free coin?
I am feeling lucky this year unlike past years. Winning a prize like this would be monetarily satisfying as well as giving me a little more confidence. The year ahead is looking promising to find a new career as I have been absent from the workforce for 12yrs due to a serious illness that I am now able to start working again with my doctors endorsement.
I hope some good luck rubs off on me.
Provident Metals silver is the BEST!!!
I am a very sentimental person with lots of love to share. I feel I am so lucky and fortunate to have so many wonderful friends and family, and my heart bursts thinking about all of the incredible people in my life. We support and love each other unconditionally. We help each other to stay positive when life gets rough and together we roll through the good and the bad times in our lives. We celebrate our victories. We talk about our dreams. We encourage each other to reach towards our dreams.
The bonds of friendship are extremely strong. They hold up to life’s demands, distance, and time. I know no matter what life brings me, I will be able to get through it with the help of friends and family, and I feel so lucky to be able to say that. To all of my friends and family: I love you all so much and am so blessed to have each and every one of you in my life. Thank you for loving me entirely and sharing your lives with me. For this reason, I am very lucky and blessed.
A coin for Cailyn.
I feel lucky as April 30th is me and my Wife’s 25th wedding anniversary. She has beaten two rounds of cancer in past 4 years one was late stage 3 colon cancer they gave her a 40% chance at living, then last year woman’s part cancer and after operation hasn’t came back. I’ve had 5 spinal surgeries and a pain pump installed in my spine. I feel lucky that God is keeping us around for some reason. So that’s just the short version.. I too am very Irish. God Bless You And Your Families .
I feel very lucky because the mailman came to my house this morning, and did not leave me one single bill today.
God bless
I feel lucky because my 2 kids were just offered full college scholarship grants!
I feel lucky that I live in a country where I can own precious metals. Collecting and storing them is a great hobby!
They’re always after me Lucky Charms! This time, I saw them coming. So, I hid in the pantry and ate all the marshmallows. 🙂 They were yummy!
Traditional Irish St. Patrick’s day blessing:
May there always be work for your hands to do,
May your purse always hold a coin or two.
May the sun always shine warm on your windowpane,
May a rainbow be certain to follow each rain.
May the hand of a friend always be near you,
And may God fill your heart with gladness to cheer you.
I’m lucky to be able to teach my children about what interests them instead of what they “should” learn. Right now that is Celtic and Norse lore.
Happy St patty’s Day. Hopefully the luck of the Irish will be with me for that free silver.
I feel lucky because I have a loving family & friends, good health (at least decent, LOL!), a roof over my head, and enough money to put food on the table and pay the bills. Have to be thankful for the little things to truly appreciate the big things. That being said, I’d still like to win the Pot O’ Gold!!
I,m still kicking ,just not as high.
Don’t feel too lucky at all.Only thing I won worth anything was a Kodak digital camera from Sci-Fi book club years ago,and it would not work with my old computer—couldn’t get it to until I bought a new computer and by then,camera was obsolete.However,I feel lucky and blessed today having my family near me.I wish all good luck in this contest,yet hope I can win.
Still love Provident metals,too!
I feel lucky because I have loving friends and family, 18 grandchildren, 6 children (step and biological), and a wonderful husband that I finally found after about 25 years of looking.