~*~Pixies~*~
The Pixies (sometimes called piskies or west country faeries) inhabit Cornwall, Devon, and Somerset; their origin is unknown. They are believed to be the earliest inhabitants of England. Pixies, like faeries, are no larger than a human hand but can change their size at will. Most pixies have green eyes, red hair and like to wear close-fitting clothes of green so as to blend in with the lush pastures of England. The pixie is a malicious trickster. Pixies like to throw pots and pans after kitchen girls. They also like stealing horses at night to ride them across the moor; they twist and knot their manes to spur them into circles called "gallitraps". Their favorite trick is to lead humans astray. Sometimes pixies may confuse mortals so thoroughly that they never recover and wander aimlessly through the countryside singing or talking a mysterious language. This condition is known as being "pixie-led". One can foil a pixie by turning their coat inside out. Farmers can stay in good terms with pixies by leaving buckets of water out at night for pixie-mothers to wash their babies, leaving out a pitcher of milk for them to drink, and keeping the hearth swept clean for pixies to dance on at midnight.