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For Gina Costin, finding out that her Kentish Town great-great-grandfather had fought in the US Civil War was just the start.

Leprechaun, in Irish folklore, fairy in the form of a tiny old man often with a cocked hat and leather apron. Solitary by nature, he is said to live in remote places and to make shoes and brogues. The sound of his hammering betrays his presence. He possesses a hidden crock of gold; if captured and threatened with bodily violence, he might, if his captor keeps his eyes on him, reveal its hiding place. But usually the captor is tricked into glancing away, and the fairy vanishes. Leprechaun, illustration by George Denham, from The Irish Fairy Book by Alfred Perceval Graves, 1909.

Sir Jimmy Shand. Sign up for our newsletter and let our nostalgia team take you on a trip back in time Thank you for signing up to our Nostalgia newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Did Adolf Hitler play an unlikely role in music hero Sir Jimmy Shand’s rise to global stardom? The Nazi leader is said to have stepped in to allow a German-built accordion to be sent to Sir Jimmy’s home in Dundee in 1939 as war clouds were gathering over Europe. The former miner from Fife went on to become known as the King of Scottish Dance Music whose recordings sold by t...