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To quote Dr. Knapp: "They feared God, honoured the king, and believed in 'piskies' and Holy Wells."
Souvenir of the George Borrow Celebration Norwich, July 5th, 1913 James Hooper
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These are what we call pixies in most of England, but in Cornwall, they are called piskies.
Celtic Fairytales Angie Fox 2010
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These are what we call pixies in most of England, but in Cornwall, they are called piskies.
Archive 2010-01-01 Shirley Damsgaard 2010
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I wanted my fairy characters to be human sized, so I tweaked the existing mythology and made my Cornish piskies tall rather than small.
Archive 2010-01-01 Shirley Damsgaard 2010
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I wanted my fairy characters to be human sized, so I tweaked the existing mythology and made my Cornish piskies tall rather than small.
Celtic Fairytales Angie Fox 2010
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The princess was just about to follow her faithful maid down into the piskies cave.
The Forgotten Garden Kate Morton 2009
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The princess was just about to follow her faithful maid down into the piskies cave.
The Forgotten Garden Kate Morton 2009
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The princess was just about to follow her faithful maid down into the piskies cave.
The Forgotten Garden Kate Morton 2009
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The princess was just about to follow her faithful maid down into the piskies cave.
The Forgotten Garden Kate Morton 2009
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And all in the cause of pasties, piskies, and precipitation in Polperro.
Cardboard Dreams Peter Ashley 2007
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