Pot of Gold at the end of the rainbow?

Question

Where did this term originate from and why do people say it?

Answer 1

alice in wonderland

Answer 2

Its an irish legend that every leprechaun has a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow .In order to get the gold you most of course find the end and then creep up on the leprachaun you must never take your eyes of him or he will immediately vanish, he will do his best to distract you but if you stay alert the gold will be yours

Answer 3

Listen to the song of the Stereophonics (Rainbows & Pots Of Gold)
You will get a feeling why people might use it...

Answer 4

.i think it was a way to get rid of the village idiots and send them on a ridiculous quest to find the gold back in the 15th century or something as when the rainbow appears theres usually a bright light reflecting at the end of it due to te sun. xx

Answer 5

It is from the Irish tale of leprechauns.
People symbolize the pot of gold as success, but as they run at it it just seems the same distance.
Here is wikipedia.com so you can look at other things about leprechauns.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leprechauns

Answer 6

Try:
http://www.bronners.com/legendoftheirishpotofgold.html

and

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leprechaun

Answer 7

It is a biblical thing - God provided the rainbow as a promise that He would never again flood the earth

Answer 8

you can never get to the end of a rainbow it is like a mirage no matter how far you walk or run towards it .It will always be the same distance away

Answer 9

It's Irish! I think it's to do with leprechauns (spelling????)! I reckon it's to do with the fact that although it might be raining, there is always something good that will happen, like, ever cloud has a silver lining. But this is just my interpretation.

Answer 10

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Answer 11

I'm not 100% sure but i think it comes from ireland and it is to do with the tale of the leprechauns.