Whilst Chris and Spence work away to prepare to delve into Cú Chulainn on next week’s episode, we have enlisted a very special guest to fill in this week - Spence’s daughter, Eliza. Listen in to hear this fun tale of our little green friend, and let us know in the comments if you believe in leprechauns too ! We will be back next week with our full length episode on origins of the hero of the Ulster Cycle…
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Episode Transcript
I know all the folks round thesearts and parts.
Can't say I know you.
Leastways.
Not yet.
But I dare say I know whatyou'll be wanting.
Some of the crack, maybe.
How we yarn with your sup, isit?
(00:39):
No harm in that.
Come on over.
Warm yourself, hmm?
I'll warn you though.
If it's the old Begara andBlarney shenanigans you're
after, you'll not hear them fromme.
Well, if such, like, pleasesyou, you sit on.
I'll fill your ears.
(01:01):
And see what story is meant foryou.
On this dark old night.
chris-patterson_2_10-23-202 (01:22):
I'm Chris
spencey-guest437_2_10-23-20 (01:23):
I'm Spence
chris-patterson_2_10-23-202 (01:24):
And this is the Irish Gothic
Podcast.
Welcome to Irish Gothicbite-sized.
For those of you may not know,this is a little short episodes
that we put out between ourlonger episodes, and it's also a
very, very special one becauseit's the first time we've had a
guest on the Irish Gothicpodcast.
(01:46):
You may recall a few weeks agowe'd done a leprechauns episode,
and during that episode, Christold the story of a farmer
encountering a leprechaun.
Now weirdly, in his chance wouldhave it.
That evening when I was puttingmy little daughter to bed, her
bedtime storybook had the exactsame story in it.
So we thought it would be quiteinteresting to revisit that
(02:06):
story and have our specialguest, Eliza, to tell the story
for you folks.
So settle in for the story ofthe leprechaun.
(02:32):
One fine day, a car man calledTom was walking along.
When he heard a strange noise,tick tac tick, t tick.
Ack Tom stopped to listen thistime.
He heard a song sing and stitchsing and stitch a pot of chord
to make you rich tom lookedthrough the long grass as he saw
(02:52):
a very strange sight.
A touchy witchy, witchy man witha chy witchy hammer, making some
titchy witchy shoes.
He was a leprechaun.
Leprechauns are the cleverlittle Irish shelves who make
all the shoes for the fairies,so knew that it was good luck to
see one, because if he asked,they had to take you to your
(03:16):
buried pot of gold.
Tom didn't like looking afterthe cars and he thought.
How good it would be to have apot of gold and do nothing all
day.
But Tom had to be very cleverfor leprechauns, have a trick
they like to play.
If you look away even for asecond, a leprechaun disappears.
(03:42):
So Tom watched the littleleprechaun never tick his eyes
off.
Him as a cat will watch a mouse.
Good day to you.
My fine friend said Tom.
Good day to You entered theleprechaun.
How is the work asked Tom?
Look, after your own workentered the leprechaun.
(04:03):
Your caught are running all overthe corn field and eating the
corn.
Tom was about to look around,but just in time he remembered.
Never take your eyes off aleprechaun.
He got hold of the little man,take me to a buried pot of gold
where I will feed you to my cow.
He said, oh, please don't dothat to the leprechaun.
(04:28):
I'll take you to the pot ofgold.
So off they went.
Tom Field, he held onto theleprechaun as they went across
the field.
At last, they came to a greatbig field of thistles.
The leprechaun put into a bigthistle and said, dig down under
(04:48):
that thistle, and you'll find apot of gold buried there.
The ground was very hard and Tomneeded a speed, but if he went
home to get one, how would heknow which thistle was which?
When he came back, then he hadan idea.
(05:09):
He took off one of his brightred socks and put it on the
thistle Promise that you willnot take that red sock off the
thistle, and I will let you go.
Said Tom.
I promise that the leprechaunknew that a leprechaun had to
keep a promise, so he let theleprechaun go and went running
(05:30):
home to get a speed.
When he got he, he went back tothe field of thistles, but what
did he find?
Every thistle in the field had abright red sock on it.
Just like Tom's oom, Tom ranfrom Thistle thistle, but he
(05:51):
couldn't dig under them all.
So Tom went home very unhappy.
He never became rich and henever saw a leprechaun again.
Although he always listens outfor the song, sing and Stitch,
sing and Stage Your Apart Go tomake you Rich.
(06:19):
Wow, Eliza, thank you.
That was super.
I bet you everybody listening isgiving you a big round of
applause and they'll send somelikes, I'm sure, onto the site.
Hey, do you believe inleprechauns?
Yes.
Yeah, of course you do.
Well, that's some folks.
That's it from Irish Golf.
It's just a little bite sideepisode.
We'll be back on all your usualplaces you get your podcast with
(06:39):
the next full length episode.
Take care.
Looks like your story has foundyou.
I wish It were another.
But what's meant for you, won'tgo by you.
(07:02):
I'm sorry.
Ach, now.
No need to look so scared, eh?
Enjoy the fire.
Have a sop.
Sure.
Is it all just Irish Gothic?
All just Irish Gothic.
chris-patterson_10_10-17-20 (07:29):
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