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Irish_Dem

(81,277 posts)
Mon Dec 15, 2025, 09:21 PM Dec 2025

Do the Scots have leprechauns too?

They are connected to the rainbows which are good luck.

Do you have a rainbow story Tom?

My deceased aunt sent a rainbow to our family shortly after her death.
She was a remarkable person. Sent to the convent at age 10 as was the Irish custom.
Became a nun in a teaching order, and was the best person you could imagine.
She loved her nieces and nephews so much.
Very modern, smart, many college degrees, reached high rank in the order, but never talked about it.

We had a family outdoor reunion that looked like it was going to be rained out shortly after she died.
Very bad stormy weather.

Suddenly an hour before we were to meet, the storm stopped, the sky became sunny and beautiful.
The most magnificent rainbow you can imagine appeared.

My Irish family is a smart, cynical bunch. Cops, doctors, nurses, etc.
But every single one of us knew our aunt had sent the rainbow to us.
And we knew she was OK and still looking out for us.

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