CDHM The Miniature Way
March 2011, Issue 14
Dollhouse Tourism, Ireland
Page 57 Dollhouse Tourism, Ireland

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returned, however, each shrub within sight in the area had a red bandana adorning its base.

The poor man never did find that gold.

Descriptions of faery appearance are as numerous as the people who give them.

For example, take our friend the leprechaun. His appearance changed depending on where in Ireland he was Child fairy, hand sculpted by CDHM Artisan Deborah Rivera of Artdolls by Enchantasia found and in which century. Prior to the 20th century, it was generally held that the leprechaun wore red, not green. In 1831, writer Samuel Lover describes the leprechaun as a bit of a dandy wearing a lace-edged red square-cut coat, cocked hat and shoes with buckles and this seems to hold true for most leprechauns.

The Cluricawne of Monaghan in particular was a dapper fellow who wore a swallow-tailed red evening coat with a green vest, white breeches, black stockings, shiny shoes, and a long cone hat without a brim that he sometimes used as a weapon.