These are the 6 most popular tales about Pixies which are being told in Cornwall and Devon to this day. They Are:
Pixy Gathon; or, The Tailor’s Needle The Three Trials; or, The Story of Crabby Cross The Seven Crosses of Tiverton; or, The Story of Pixy Picket Fontina; or, The Pixies’ Bath The Lady of The Silver Bell The Belfry Rock; or, The Pixies’ Revenge Many a Pixy is sent out on works of mischief to deceive the old nurses and steal away young children, or to do them harm. This is noticed’ poet Ben Jonson who wrote:–
"Under a cradle I did creep
By day, and, when the childe was asleep
At night, I suck’d the breath, and rose
And pluck’d the nodding nurse by the nose."Many Pixies are solely bent on mischief and are sent forth to lead poor travellers a fine dance when trudging home through woods, water, bogs and quagmires. If ever you are there late at night, beware of the light from the Will-o-the Wisp, for it may be a mischievous Pixie intent on having fun at your expense.
Not many have really seen a Pixie house. It is often said to be in a rock; sometimes, however, a mole hill is a palace for the elves, or a hollow nut cracked by the "joiner squirrel," will contain the majesty of Pixy-land. Drayton describes their royal dwellings thus:
"The walls of spiders’ legs are made,
Well morticed and finely laid,
He was the master of his trade
It curiously that builded;
The windows of the eyes of cats,
And for a roof, instead of slats,
Is covered with the skins of bats,
With moonshine that are gilded."10% of the net sale from this book will be donated to Charities.
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