Pot of Gold
By TheIrishClog
@TheIrishClog (985)
Ireland
March 13, 2012 11:41am CST
The pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. Did you ever go in search of it as a child? I know I did - more than once! For years I believed that I really would find a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, but I could never find the end of the darned thing.
How about you, did you ever look for it?
Is there anything else that you naively believed as a child?
4 responses
@marguicha (230350)
• Chile
13 Mar 12
We did not have so many rainbows where I lived, so I never went after the said pot of gold. But I lived at a place where there were gypsies nearby. My grandmother told me that they´d take me if I was naughty. I could not wait for them to do so as I thought that they lived a much more interesting life than I did. Until now I have a soft spot in my heart for gypsies and still hope that among all the blood mixture I have I might have a little drop of gypsy blood.
@TheIrishClog (985)
• Ireland
13 Mar 12
That's an interesting one marguicha. Rather than gypsies, I was fascinated by those in the circus and always wished to run away with them like in the movies. Somewhat later in life, when I got a little older, cowboys were my thing. Horses were an obsession, as was the ranch way of life. I always thought I'd move to a ranch in the US and that I'd end up marrying a cowboy!
@marguicha (230350)
• Chile
13 Mar 12
I guess the dresses were very much important (in my country women gypsies wear long and colorful dresses). I also wanted to be a nun for a while (also for the dress) but discovered very soon that they worked too hard
. The nephew I´m most fond of went with a circus for some months. He also discovered that it was hard work so he went back home to study Physics at the university which was a lot easier
. The nephew I´m most fond of went with a circus for some months. He also discovered that it was hard work so he went back home to study Physics at the university which was a lot easier1 person likes this
@TheIrishClog (985)
• Ireland
13 Mar 12
I do love your responses marguicha - thank you. The dresses that gypsies are portrayed to wear are indeed fabulous, though I suppose you don't have to be one to wear one lol.
@TheIrishClog (985)
• Ireland
19 Mar 12
The idea of a pot of gold always overtook any nervousness regarding the leprechaun at the end of the rainbow 
@dazzledlady (1618)
• Philippines
13 Mar 12
No I didn't get the chance to search for it. We are not allowed to go outside our house. But I do remember making a scissor finger whenever I saw a rainbow when I was a child. It is said to cut a curse. I do not even know what the curse is all about until now. So I guess I am also a naive one. :D It is part of childhood. Good old times when all we think is play , eat and sleep.
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@TheIrishClog (985)
• Ireland
13 Mar 12
Scissor fingers? I know nothing about this one - anyone care to tell me more? Sounds interesting and as though I missed out lol
@vertu007 (683)
• Romania
14 Mar 12
I wasn't brought up with the story about the pot of gold so I didn't chase that when I was small but I believed in Santa.
When I was little I always had a lot of coins in my piggy bank so every Christmas Eve I used to get all the coins out and start counting them slowly, to give Santa enough time to stop by and give me my presents.
In my country on the 6th of December St. Nicholas also come bearing gifts, usually a small rod for bad children, but also nice gifts for good children although he wasn't as generous as Santa.
Last but not least that small little thing that hops around during spring, yup it's a kangaroo :)). The Easter Bunny always brought chocolate shaped bunnies and mostly sweets.
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@TheIrishClog (985)
• Ireland
19 Mar 12
I'm from Holland, we have St. Nicholas as well! I never really understood what a rabbit had to do with Easter lol.
