Myths and legends of Ireland by Ona Codina Rovira https://padlet.com/onacrovira8/ve6qcwx5dt40 Do it with magic en-us 2017-02-07 10:17:21 UTC 2017-02-28 08:46:33 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Hotsun.png THE LEPRECHAUN crish2002 https://padlet.com/onacrovira8/ve6qcwx5dt40/wish/152080169 Is the most famous of all Irish myths. This type of male fairy that is usually a little old man with a green jacket and a hat.

His job is making shoes and collecting gold coins to put at end of the rainbow.
]]> 2017-02-07 10:26:46 UTC https://padlet.com/onacrovira8/ve6qcwx5dt40/wish/152080169 Banshees crish2002 https://padlet.com/onacrovira8/ve6qcwx5dt40/wish/152080268 A banshee is a female spirit in Irish mythology who heralds the death of a family member, usually by shrieking or keening. Her name is connected to the mythologically-important tumuli or "mounds" that dot the Irish countryside, which are known as síde in old irish.]]> 2017-02-07 10:27:09 UTC https://padlet.com/onacrovira8/ve6qcwx5dt40/wish/152080268 Changelings crish2002 https://padlet.com/onacrovira8/ve6qcwx5dt40/wish/152080344 As legend has it, female fairies often give birth to deformed children. Since the fairies prefer visually pleasing babies, they would go into the mortal world and swap with a healthy human baby, leaving behind a changeling. While the changeling looked like a human baby, it carried none of the same emotional characteristics. The changeling was only happy when misfortune or grief happened in the house. The changeling legend has lasted for centuries. ]]> 2017-02-07 10:27:29 UTC https://padlet.com/onacrovira8/ve6qcwx5dt40/wish/152080344 The dagda crish2002 https://padlet.com/onacrovira8/ve6qcwx5dt40/wish/152080420 The Dagda is an important god of Irish mythology. He is associated with fertility, agriculture, manliness and strength, as well as magic, druidry and wisdom. He is said to have control over life and death, the weather and crops, as well as time and the seasons.

He is often described as large man or giant wearing a hooded cloak. He owns a magic staff or club which can kill with one end and bring to life with the other, a cauldron which never runs empty, and a magic harp which can control men's emotions and change the seasons.
]]> 2017-02-07 10:27:54 UTC https://padlet.com/onacrovira8/ve6qcwx5dt40/wish/152080420 Shamrock onacrovira8 https://padlet.com/onacrovira8/ve6qcwx5dt40/wish/153655969 The three green leaves of the Shamrock is more than the unofficial symbol of Ireland and one of the marshmallows in Lucky Charms. The Shamrock has held meaning to most of Ireland’s historic cultures. The Druids believed the Shamrock was a sacred plant that could ward off evil. The Celtics believed the Shamrock had mystical properties due to the plant’s three heart-shaped leaves. The Celtics believed three was a sacred number. Some Christians also believed the Shamrock had special meaning- the three leaves representing the Holy Trinity.

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