I found a few things about St. Patrick's Day that are different from the traditional lore as seems to be the case with many of the modern holidays. Leprechauns were not cobblers in fact they lived underwater,which brings us to the next piece of alternative facts,they also didn't live in Ireland. They lived in an undersea kingdom in the Mid-Atlantic. The original Leprechauns did not wear green in fact they were dressed more in the fashion of St. Nick. They wore red clothes laced with gold and instead of top hats their hats were pointed. They were also smaller than one would think (I always figured them to be around 2 feet?) standing only a couple of inches in height. I'm not sure how or why the Leprechaun's image has been changed over the centuries but if I had to bet my guess would be commercial gain.
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