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The Fairy Family.
had placed himself betiveen them , ancl gotten two sups for their one . " Milton alludes to the same house-spirit , when he tells us , in " L'Allegro : "" how the drudging goblin swet To earn the cream-bowl , duly set ;
When in one night , ere glimpse of morn , His shadowy flail had threshed the corn Which ten day-lab ' rers could not end . Theu lies him down the lubbar fiend ; And stretch'd out all the chimney ' s length , Basks at the fire his hairy strength ; And crop-full out of doors he flings , Ere the first cock his matin rings . "
His love of order ancl aA ersion to sloth are alluded to by another poet : — " And if the house be foul Of platter , dish , or bowl , Up-staii-s we nimbly creep , And find the sluts asleep ; Then we inch their arms and
thihsp g None escapes , nor none espies . But if the house be swept , And from uncleanness kept , We praise the house and maid—And surely she is paid ; For we do use , before we go , To drop a tester iu her shoe . "
In Yorkshire , a species of spirit , of someAvhat similar nature , is known as the Boggart , or as the Barguest ; probably Barnghaist , or ghost . It has been observed , that the belief in the house-spirit may have arisen from the fact , that , in times of religious dissension , many fled to rural districts for refuge , and were content to perform Avork during the night , and receive
food provided for them in return ; making use of the Brownie as a cloak of secrecy . A merry Puck long dwelt in the house of the Grey Friars at Mecklenburg-Schwerin , ancl , as before observed , he bears resemblance to the Kobold of other parts of Germany . One of the most noted of these Kobolds was Hinzelmann , whose history Avas Avritten b y Feldmann , a pious minister of Liineburg . The following account is extracted from it : —
" Hmzelmann now showed himself extremely obliging , and active and industrious at _ every kind of work . He used to toil every night in the kitchen ; and if the cook , in the evening after supper , left the plates and dishes lying in a heap without being washed , next morning they were all nice and clean , shining like looking-glasses , and put up in proper order . If anything was astray , Hinzelmann knew immediately where to find it , in whatever corner it was hid , and gave it into the hands of the owner .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Fairy Family.
had placed himself betiveen them , ancl gotten two sups for their one . " Milton alludes to the same house-spirit , when he tells us , in " L'Allegro : "" how the drudging goblin swet To earn the cream-bowl , duly set ;
When in one night , ere glimpse of morn , His shadowy flail had threshed the corn Which ten day-lab ' rers could not end . Theu lies him down the lubbar fiend ; And stretch'd out all the chimney ' s length , Basks at the fire his hairy strength ; And crop-full out of doors he flings , Ere the first cock his matin rings . "
His love of order ancl aA ersion to sloth are alluded to by another poet : — " And if the house be foul Of platter , dish , or bowl , Up-staii-s we nimbly creep , And find the sluts asleep ; Then we inch their arms and
thihsp g None escapes , nor none espies . But if the house be swept , And from uncleanness kept , We praise the house and maid—And surely she is paid ; For we do use , before we go , To drop a tester iu her shoe . "
In Yorkshire , a species of spirit , of someAvhat similar nature , is known as the Boggart , or as the Barguest ; probably Barnghaist , or ghost . It has been observed , that the belief in the house-spirit may have arisen from the fact , that , in times of religious dissension , many fled to rural districts for refuge , and were content to perform Avork during the night , and receive
food provided for them in return ; making use of the Brownie as a cloak of secrecy . A merry Puck long dwelt in the house of the Grey Friars at Mecklenburg-Schwerin , ancl , as before observed , he bears resemblance to the Kobold of other parts of Germany . One of the most noted of these Kobolds was Hinzelmann , whose history Avas Avritten b y Feldmann , a pious minister of Liineburg . The following account is extracted from it : —
" Hmzelmann now showed himself extremely obliging , and active and industrious at _ every kind of work . He used to toil every night in the kitchen ; and if the cook , in the evening after supper , left the plates and dishes lying in a heap without being washed , next morning they were all nice and clean , shining like looking-glasses , and put up in proper order . If anything was astray , Hinzelmann knew immediately where to find it , in whatever corner it was hid , and gave it into the hands of the owner .