Culture of Ireland 13.7% Church of Ireland (Anglican), 3% Methodist, 5.8% other Christian, 0.8% other religion and philosophy, 10.1% with no religion and 6.8% religion not stated. The Leprechaun has been estimated to figure to a large degree in Irish folklore. According to the tales, the leprechaun is a mischievous fairy type creature in emerald green clothing who when not playing tricks spend all their time busily making shoes, the Leprechaun is said to have a pot of gold hidden at the end of the rainbow, and if ever captured by a human it has the magical power to grant three wishes in
The Pot of Gold and Other Stories more infamous books of short stories, "A New England Nun and Other Stories" (1891), and was in the process of writing one of her novels, these children's stories seemed to prove unimportant for the scholar reader (Westbrook 33). Perry D. Westbrook says of her children's stories, "None of these works are read today, mainly because she created in them no compellingly lifelike characters…Classics for children are even rarer than those for adults” (Westbrook, 33). In “A Jury of Her Peers” Elaine Showalter acknowledges that "The Pot of Gold" received very little attention, stating that “hiding submissive material in the category