Leprechauns & Fairies

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Date:	03-16-09
Host:	George Noory
Guests:	Dr. Bob Curran, Glenn Kimball

Author Dr. Bob Curran discussed Irish and Celtic legends, and beings such as fairies and leprechauns. Ireland is known as a particularly mystical place in part because of the ancient Celtics who saw spirits living everywhere within the land, he noted. The oral tradition was also particularly strong, with stories being passed down through generations, he added.

Excavated bones found in Ireland show a race of smaller people-- possibly pygmy-like aboriginals who lived on the land before the Celts, and this is one possible explanation for how lore about leprechauns began, he said.

Leprechauns were often associated with money (they were thought to know where riches were stashed during invasions), as well as a distilled brew called poteen, Curran detailed. In contrast to the leprechauns, fairies could look like typical humans, but a group known as the grogoch, were small, completely covered in fur, and had monkey-like faces, he shared. Curran also touched on his work dealing with the folklore surrounding zombies and vampires.

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Bumper music from Monday March 16, 2009

1.	Midnight Express (The Chase) Giorgio Moroder	2.	Heaven Knows Robert Plant	3.	Whiter Shade Of Pale Procol Harum
4.	Black Magic Woman Santana	5.	Love is Alive Gary Wright	6.	Bur Said Cusco
7.	Mysterious Ways U2	8.	While You See a Chance Steve Winwood	9.	Gimme Shelter Rolling Stones
10.	Everlong Foo Fighters	11.	Time in a Bottle Jim Croce	12.	Baba O'Riley The Who
13.	God Only Knows Beach Boys	14.	Hypnotized Fleetwood Mac	15.	Who Can it Be Now? Men at Work
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