What a wonderful conversation tonight! I love learning from all of you. The lore of Roisin, for those who missed it:
Roisin is a leprechaun who is known to other leprechans as a hoarder. Roisin would hoard everything he found, piling items into his house so much that he couldn't even find his kitchen to cook himself food when he was hungry. His house began to smell dank roses from the roses he'd left on the kitchen table.
The other leprechauns were so upset at his hoarding that they cursed him for receiving all the lost things from everywhere. The items just continued to pile up. He became so desperate to satiate his hunger and find his kitchen that Roisin began to return the items he found in return for a snack or a small bite of food.
I'd never heard of this lore and was so intrigued by how many of you knew it and had tried it and it worked. To capture the conversation, when you lose an item you say, " Roisin, Roisin Help me find what is lost from me in exchange for a snack/bit for the."
Then you leave some food for him. You wait, and when he opens his portal, the lights will flicker, the smell of dank roses will overwhelm you, and a feeling of hunger will build in your stomach. When he returns the item you'll hear the sound of coins falling onto the ground in the very place he leaves the item!.
OMG. I'm going to try this. I lose things all the time. Who else has tried this and found their items?
https://www.reddit.com/r/FolkloreAndMythology/comments/1ehm5y0/has_anyone_heard_of_roisin/