Q: are you seeking as you chase his butt down and catch him...he'll give you your wish!!!! Tell us, what did you wish for? We won't tell, 'cause we're like that...members of the Secret Society of Leprechaun Chasers!!! bonsai...the original is always better than the VS anybody. Did you ever watch the original movie when you were little and still able to pee your pants at a movie??? And John...I'll agree about recorded history, but legend has it that you don't threaten the pot of gold. If it's gold you want, you must woo it away...which is a wisdom that mere mortals do not have. If you have another wish, make a chain from the plants of a Fairy ring and trade it for a wish. Leprechauns and fairies don't get along, and Leprechauns are quite enchanted with fairy chains, because they can't make them. You will get the wish, but you won't remember where the fairy ring was.
A: It isn't all that hard to catch one, but hanging on to one is the hard part. They are tricky and sneaky. Not one instance has been recorded in which one of the little people relinquished his pot of gold.