ttracted to the folk music of their land. Legend
             says that if you start one dancing he cannot stop until you quit
             playing your tune. In this frenzied state he may gladly lead you
             to his crock of gold, if you will please only allow him to stop
             dancing. Also catching a Leprechaun's eyes and staring at him
             unblinkingly will give you power over him. Whatever you do, do
             not grab the little fellow. Remember that he is a creature of
             another dimension. If you grab him he will fade, still very much
             in your grasp, but unseen in our world. You will think you have
             lost him and inadvertently set him free.
             But even if you are sly enough to capture this elusive
             faery, the lucky Leprechaun still has his ways to trick you out
             of both the crock of gold and the three wishes. If he can trick
             you into making a fourth wish by sundown, you lose all your
             wishes and the crock, too. This is certainly not hard for him to
             do, given the propensity we humans have for voicing wishes
             (http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/4611/fairyL.html).
             To understand why it is that the leprechaun - the word is based on the
             Old Irish for "little body" - has survived for centuries in Ireland as an
             important cultural symbol it is important to understand something of the
             ways in which fairy tales and folklore in general function.
             Taboo and Totem
             In every culture some things are permissible and other things are not
             - whether we are referring to food, sex, or drugs. For example, in Britain
             , cows are food (except when there is mad cow disease, but horses are not.
             Fish are food, but frogs are not; it is not surprising that the English
             call the French froggies. The use of food taboos to demonize opponents has
             an an...