The Pot O’ Gold and The Leprechaun

Is it really true that on every end of the rainbow, there’s always a pot of gold or should I say a pot of gold coins? LOL. Actually this is just a legend. It came from an Irish Folk Tale. To know the whole story about rainbow, pot of gold, and a leprechaun, read on.

The Pot O’ Gold and The Leprechaun (Irish Folk Tale)

This is probably the most famous of all rainbow legends, and one of my favorites, that at the end of every rainbow lays a pot of gold guarded by the mischievous mythical creature — the leprechaun. What most people don’t know is how the leprechaun came about being the custodian of not just the gold, but other buried treasures that the rainbows end denotes.

The fact is, the treasure belongs to all of the fairies, however the leprechaun remembers where the invading Danes buried their loot when they arrived in Ireland, so he was the obvious choice for the job!

He’s also very cunning and sly, so if the treasure is ever in danger of being discovered by a mortal, legend has it the leprechaun can usual trick the unwitting human out of his booty!

There is a story of a man who once tricked a leprechaun into revealing the whereabouts of his valuables. The treasure was located beneath a bush in a large field surrounded by other similar shrubbery. The man needed to go off and get a shovel for which to dig up the treasure, so he tied a red ribbon to the bush so he could identify it on his return, and made the leprechaun promise not to take it off. Convinced he was more clever than the leprechaun and had secured his gold, he made off to get his shovel. On his return however, much to his dismay, he found that the little creature had tied a red ribbon on every other bush in the field.