Magically delicious? Not really...
Being of Irish/Welsh extraction, I of course love leprechauns and their nyad/dryad origins. It's a cool story and a cool native mythos that has permeated to near-universality and ubiquity. Also cool about the is the thought that you can chase a rainbow, and find a pot of gold...or something else magically delicious....
this is the only reason I still search for four-leafed clover...
Of course, it's not possible to really find the end of the rainbow. They are simply beautiful refracting waves of light with no origin and no terminus. Thus, each viewer will always see a different terminus. That's what makes the story so fascinating: fools on a fool's errand with fool's gold as their reward.
Sometimes, however, I do believe the wee people are out to make us happy, and really do show us the magic hidden at the end of the rainbow.
So much irony, so much win.
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