Are you tired of year after year, trying to catch a leprechaun? Are you sick of the leprechaun escaping EVERY SINGLE TIME!? Well this year it is your turn to mess with the leprechaun. And here are the 10 ways to do it.
NUMBER 1
Making a trap all orange.
Leprechauns HATE the color orange. This one is super simple, buy a box, paint the outside green and lure them in with the promise of gold, then paint the inside entirely orange. This one is perfect if you have a lot of orange paint lying around.
NUMBER 2
RAINBOWS!
Folklore states that Leprechauns hate rainbows because it leads you to their treasure. Here is how to make your own rainbow:
Fill the bowl halfway with water and place it on a sunny windowsill.
- Place the mirror inside the water, propped up against the side.
- Hold the white paper above the bowl, adjusting it until a rainbow appears.
- Safety Note: Do not look directly into the reflection from the mirror.
Since leprechauns come at night you might want to rig a flashlight instead of a sunny window cell.
NUMBER 3
Making them exercise.
Leprechauns (like me) hate having to exercise and overall working out. Building a trap on a hill or with a time limit so they have to run will make them very mad. The simplest way to do this is make a fake (but convincing) pressure plate with a sign that says 20 second limit to get to the gold.
NUMBER 4
Having their gold stolen.
If you know anything about Leprechauns (And I’m certain you do) you will know that they ABSOLUTELY HATE getting their gold stolen. A simple way to do this is to make a trap that has fishing line attached to some fake gold, then set up a trip wire, when the tripwire goes off the gold flies into the sky! If they do manage to get it they will quickly realize it wasn’t real gold!
NUMBER 5
Green clothes.
Some folklore suggests that Leprechauns hate when humans wear green because it makes the human invisible to the leprechaun. Even though you might not be awake and wearing green, leaving green clothes around will still make them upset.
NUMBER 6
Sterotypeing Irish culture.
Leprechauns (Being Irish) HATE when Irish culture is stereotyped. A way to mess with them would be hanging up stereotyping Irish portraits or playing the stereotypical Irish accent inside the trap.
NUMBER 7
Four leaf clovers.
It may come as a surprise to some but Leprechauns don’t especially like four leaf clovers. It is said to weaken their power and they hate that. All you have to do for this one is to paint four leaf clovers all over the place! (Or, if your luck is right finding a four leaf clover)
NUMBER 8
Being caught.
This one is probably the hardest to pull off but any amount of time caught counts! Being confined in one small place is said to weaken their powers. Even being trapped for a few seconds will make them mad. I can not guarantee that any leprechaun trap I share will work but one that has proved the most effective to me is making a trap that the door falls in on. The leprechaun tripping over a wire or pulling on the gold causing the wall to fall in has proven the most effective for me. Just don’t make it out of paper!
NUMBER 9
Being Categorized or Studied.
This one is a harder one to pull off, but it can still be done! All you have to do is get a box and try to make it look like a science lab. If you really want to sell it you should have the trap be a test tube.
NUMBER 10
Cheap Imitations of gold.
This one is the easiest. All you have to do is take a piece of cardboard, some paper, and gold paint. Cut out a circle from the cardboard, paint the paper gold, and wrap the cardboard with it. When the leprechaun takes this he’ll be in for a surprise!
There are the 10 super playful easy ways to turn the tables on the leprechauns that haunt you with their ability to escape every trap you set! Hope you have fun messing with them!
