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The notion is based on Douglas Hydes's etymology of leprechaun, derived from leith brog or leith brogan 'one-shoemaker',[24] however, others point out the word can be traced to Old Irish luchorpán meaning some sort of a dwarf(-like being).[25] But not only Yeats but Bo Almqvist refers to the leprechaun as "fairy shoemaker".[26]
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