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Are there Scottish Leprechauns as well as Irish ones?

Ok, so the reason i ask is I was watching a tv show (Charmed), and in one of the episodes, a leprechaun said "In the name of St. Andrew"...who is of course the patron saint of Scotland not Ireland. Now, as someone who used to get Scotland and Wales mixed up i could see that mistake, but pretty much everyone knows St. Patrick is the Irish patron saint. i also know that Scotland and Ireland do share some history, such as the Celtic link. I searched but found no clear and straight forward answer sooooo,

Are there Scottish leprechauns as well as Irish ones, or did the script writers make a mistake?

Update:

Well i don't know what the script referred to but these WERE leprechauns by name, but used the Scottish patron saint to say "In the name of St. Andrew". So if the word leprechaun is Irish then it should have been St Patrick's name shouldn't it?

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  • Anonymous
    9 years ago
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    I have never heard of the term Scottish leprechauns here or it ever being used.

    Leprechaun as far as I am concerned is a symbol of Ireland and Irish folklore. The stereotypical image of a leprechaun is firmly associated with Ireland only, decked out in the green of Ireland and with an Irish four leaf clover.

    You get Scottish folklore symbols but not with regards to using the term leprechauns.

  • 9 years ago

    There are many, many types of fairies in the folklore of Scotland and Ireland. The word "leprechaun" means "small body" in Irish Gaelic, and it refers to a type of Irish fairy. Although Scottish fairy folklore does not use the word "leprechaun" to refer to any of its types of fairies, the general characteristics of fairies in both Irish and Scottish fairy folklore are the same. So technically there are Scottish fairies but not Scottish leprechauns. Unless the script referred specifically to "Scottish leprechauns", there was no mistake.

    Yes, you're probably right. It does seem that it would be more likely for an Irish leprechaun to refer to St. Patrick rather than St. Andrew.

  • Anonymous
    4 years ago

    there have been, in simple terms no longer this 3 hundred and sixty 5 days. there's a horror series with leprechauns besides. we are Scots and Irish on the two my parents's components. My oldest has a common Irish first call.

  • 9 years ago

    The creatures referred to as Leprechauns in Ireland seem to be referred to as Pixies, Brownies or Goblins in Scottish legends. Whether they are the same or not is open to question.

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  • 9 years ago

    You need to watch out for "sìthichean"

  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    No there aren't it's calle she's Nessie i'll have ye know

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