That night the leprechauns found a large pile of leather. They magically created thousands of pairs of beautiful shoes. The shoemaker and his wife wouldn't need to worry about money anymore, since they now had more shoes in the shop that they could sell in a hundred years. After finishing their job, one leprechaun spotted a large thank you note and a pile of very small clothes. He called his friends over and they found six elegant green jackets with gold buttons, green tweed pants, green woolen socks, a silk green vest, some green underwears and silken green top hats. When the leprechaun saw the clothes, they jumped with joy and danced a jig. They shouted as they got dressed, "What a beautiful color for these fine clothes and we'll never be cold again."

They suddenly vanished and reappeared in front of the shoemaker and his wife. The head leprechaun smiled at them and said, "We give thanks for such beautiful clothes. We heard your cries for help and came. But we are rarely given any thanks for our efforts. Because of your gift we promise not only to help you when you are in need but to help every shoemaker in need, in this land of Ireland."

Then a wondrous rainbow appeared and the leprechauns leaped on it and disappeared. And this is why leprechauns always wear green and the shoemakers in Ireland are the luckiest people in the world.