pixies

These are what we call pixies in most of England, but in Cornwall, they are called piskies.

Celtic Fairytales Angie Fox 2010

These are what we call pixies in most of England, but in Cornwall, they are called piskies.

Archive 2010-01-01 Shirley Damsgaard 2010

He devoutly believed in fairies, whom he called pixies; and held that they changed babies, and made the mushroom rings on the downs to dance in.

Westward Ho! 2007

He devoutly believed in fairies, whom he called pixies; and held that they changed babies, and made the mushroom rings on the downs to dance in.

Westward Ho!, or, the voyages and adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight, of Burrough, in the county of Devon, in the reign of her most glorious majesty Queen Elizabeth Charles Kingsley 1847

But soon we came to the hollow mound known as the pixies' house, elaborately furnished, and a feature, we were told, of the recreation of an imagined world evoked by a book remembered from childhood.

Country diary: Longburton, Dorset 2011

The creatures called "pixies" seem an odd fit for this story, in that your premise skews hard toward the paranormal and pseudo-scientific, yet they're more traditionally supernatural in origin.

Archive 2009-02-22 2009

December 15th, 2008 at 11: 22 pm ha! just read through these comments. to anyone calling the pixies ‘overrated’ or ’standard pop/punk’ (gack!!!) – just try covering one of the less melodic pixies songs. really, try. you can’t. blah Says:

Matthew Yglesias » When the CW Is Right 2008

Many monsters like dragons or giants are monstrous, but others are fantastic such as pixies or unicorns.

Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] Josek 2010

Many monsters like dragons or giants are monstrous, but others are fantastic such as pixies or unicorns.

Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] Josek 2010

Those games put more emphasis on fun, while Gray says that DreamBox Learning K-2 Math teaches in a different way and has fun themes such as pixies, pirates, dinosaurs and pets.

VentureBeat 2009