Answers to Irish Folklore

 

1. The Leprechan
2. The Banshee
3. Two brothers were racing for an island, as their father had promised, that it would belong to the first one to touch it. With his brother ready to step onto the shore, and Ulster still quite a ways off, Ulster cut off his hand, and threw it to shore, therefore being the first to "touch" the island.
4. The power of the Blarney Stone
5. The children of Lir
6. The Jack O' Lantern
7. Fionn MacCumhaill
8. The Shamrock
9. The Pookah (reference made to the invisible friendly rabbit in the movie Harvey)
10. St. Patrick (before he started preaching)

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