An equally determined King 
Fergus fights back and manages 
to capture the three creatures 
and extracts the fulfillment of 
a three-part wish from them in 
exchange for letting them go: that 
he be granted the ability to swim 
underwater in seas, lakes and  
pools. 
According to the legend it worked well until Fergus chose to swim in the one body of water forbidden to him. He still fared much better than the later tale of a man who caught a leprechaun of Fairy by CDHM Artisan Phyllis Morrow the pot o' gold protecting variety.
Forced to reveal the hiding place of his gold 
Gnome by CDHM Artisan Tricia Lancia
to the greedy human, the leprechaun nevertheless had the last laugh. After the man tied his 
red bandana around the base of  
the shrub where it was hidden, he raced off to fetch a shovel. When he