--Saint Patricks Dayy!

No, I don't think leprochauns used simple machines to move their gold around, considering neither exist! And if they did exist, they probably didn't use them. The more input force you use, the greater you're output force will be. The more output force you use, the greater your input force would be. The shorter wedge you had, the more force you used. The longer wedge you had, the less force you used.