Leprechauns

I have never really understood why Leprechauns always had to carry around a pot of gold. Wouldn't it just be easier to carry a large sum of money in a wallet or a credit card? What even confuses me more is that Leprechauns

are rumored to give that pot of gold to you if you catch them. How hard could it be to catch a two foot tall midgit that hauls around a pot of gold? That is where the story changes depending on who you ask. Some people believe that the pot of gold magically appears when you capture the Leprechaun while others insist that he simply carries the pot of gold around with him all the time. Personally, I think the the Irish made up the story of Leprechauns because they had a floundering tourist industry. But whichever situation is true, you sure won't see me sulking at the end of rainbows. I have more important uses of my time, like figuring out where in the North Pole Santa Clause lives....