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Look up: leprechaun

  1. leprechaun
    [n] - a mischievous elf in Irish folklore
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. leprechaun
    In Irish folklore, a fairy shoemaker with a hidden treasure or `crock` of gold. If caught, the leprechaun must tell the location of the treasure, but he always tricks the captor into looking...
    Found on http://www.thehistorychannel.co.uk/site/

  3. leprechaun
    noun a mischievous elf in Irish folklore
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  4. Leprechaun
    In Irish mythology, a `leprechaun` is a type of male faerie said to inhabit the island of Ireland. They are a class of `faerie folk` associated in Irish mythology and folklore, as with all faeries, with the Tuatha Dé Danann and other quasi-historical peoples said to have inhabited Ireland before the arrival of the Celts. Leprechauns and other creatures of Irish mythology are often associated with `faerie forts` or `faerie rings` ` often the site...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leprechaun

  5. leprechaun
    in Irish folklore, fairy in the form of a tiny old man often with a cocked hat and leather apron. Solitary by nature, he is said to live in remote ... [1 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/l/36

  6. leprechaun
    leprechaun (lep'rukon) , Irish fairy represented as a tiny old man. Leprechauns are mischievous and elusive creatures, said to possess buried crocks of gold, the location of which they will reveal if forced.
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/ent/A08294


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21 November 2009

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On 21st November 1974 the Provisional IRA plants bombs in two Birmingham pubs: the Mulberry Bush and the Tavern in the Town. Twenty-one people die and 182 are injured. A few minutes before the explosions a warning had been telephoned to the local newspaper, the Birmingham Post and Mail, but it was far too late. The first Birmingham bomb, at the Mulberry Bush pub in the basement of the Rotunda, a 20-storey office and retail complex and it exploded six minutes after the telephone warning. There was not enough time for police to clear the area. Earlier that year nine soldiers were killed when a bomb exploded on a coach on the M62 near Bradford, while two bombs in Guildford killed four soldiers and injured scores of other people. read more

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