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The Fairy Family.
He scoured the pots and kettles , washed the dishes , and cleaned the pails and tubs . The cook was grateful to him for all this , and cheerfidly got ready his sweet milk for his breakfast . He was equally busy in the stable ; he attended to the horses , and curried them carefully , so that they were as smooth in their coats as an eel ; they also throve and improved so much , in next to no timo , that everybody wondered at it . " He sometimes used to come to the table of the master of the house
, and they were obliged to put a chair and a plate for him at a particular place . What was put on his plate vanished ; and a glass full of wine was taken away for some time , and was then set again in its place empty . But the food was afterwards found lying under the benches , or in a corner of the room . " Hinzelmann was fond of playing tricks , but he never hurt any one by them . He used to set servants and workmen by the ears , as they sat
drinking in the evening , aud took great delight then in looking at the sport . When any one of them was well warmed with liquor , and let anything fall under the table , and stooped to pick it up , Hinzelmann would give him a good box on the ear from behind , and at the same time pinch his neighbour's leg . Then the two attacked each other , first with words and then with blows ; the rest joined in the scuffle , and the next morning black eyes and swelled faces bore testimony of the fray . He , however ,
always took care so to order matters that no one should run any risk of life . " Finally , we will quote on this subject the lines of au unpretending old versifier , who says , that" In John Melesius any one may read Of devils in Sarmatia honoured , Called Katri , or Kobaldi ; such as we
Pug and Hobgoblin call : their dwelling be Iu corners of old houses least frequented , Or beneath stacks of wood ; and these eonvented Make fearful noise in butteries and in dairies : Itobin Goodfellows some , some call them Fairies ; In solitary rooms these uproar keep , And beat at doors to wake men from their sleep ; Seeming to force locks , be they ne ' er so strong , And keeping Christmas gambols all night long . "
Returning to Fairies proper , we may mention the Pixies of Devonshire . These are supposed to be the souls of infants ivho have died unbaptized ; their dwelling is amidst the rocks , where they dance to the music ofthe crickets' and grasshoppers' chirp . The Fays of Western Scotland are thus described : — " Their ringlets of yellow hair floated over their shoulders , and were brows with combs of the Their dress
bound over theb purest gold . consisted chiefly of a mantle of green silk , inlaid with eider-down , and bound round the Avaist with a garland of wild flowers . Over their shoulders hung quivers of thc adder ' s skin , stored with arrows tipped in flame . A golden bow hung negligently over the left arm , and little scimitars ofthe same metal g littered at their sides . " " With gold hair is slung , with gold hah * is hung , O ' er their left arms a golden boiv ; And an arrow tipt with green of a dazzling sheen , In a gold quiver hangs below . "
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The Fairy Family.
He scoured the pots and kettles , washed the dishes , and cleaned the pails and tubs . The cook was grateful to him for all this , and cheerfidly got ready his sweet milk for his breakfast . He was equally busy in the stable ; he attended to the horses , and curried them carefully , so that they were as smooth in their coats as an eel ; they also throve and improved so much , in next to no timo , that everybody wondered at it . " He sometimes used to come to the table of the master of the house
, and they were obliged to put a chair and a plate for him at a particular place . What was put on his plate vanished ; and a glass full of wine was taken away for some time , and was then set again in its place empty . But the food was afterwards found lying under the benches , or in a corner of the room . " Hinzelmann was fond of playing tricks , but he never hurt any one by them . He used to set servants and workmen by the ears , as they sat
drinking in the evening , aud took great delight then in looking at the sport . When any one of them was well warmed with liquor , and let anything fall under the table , and stooped to pick it up , Hinzelmann would give him a good box on the ear from behind , and at the same time pinch his neighbour's leg . Then the two attacked each other , first with words and then with blows ; the rest joined in the scuffle , and the next morning black eyes and swelled faces bore testimony of the fray . He , however ,
always took care so to order matters that no one should run any risk of life . " Finally , we will quote on this subject the lines of au unpretending old versifier , who says , that" In John Melesius any one may read Of devils in Sarmatia honoured , Called Katri , or Kobaldi ; such as we
Pug and Hobgoblin call : their dwelling be Iu corners of old houses least frequented , Or beneath stacks of wood ; and these eonvented Make fearful noise in butteries and in dairies : Itobin Goodfellows some , some call them Fairies ; In solitary rooms these uproar keep , And beat at doors to wake men from their sleep ; Seeming to force locks , be they ne ' er so strong , And keeping Christmas gambols all night long . "
Returning to Fairies proper , we may mention the Pixies of Devonshire . These are supposed to be the souls of infants ivho have died unbaptized ; their dwelling is amidst the rocks , where they dance to the music ofthe crickets' and grasshoppers' chirp . The Fays of Western Scotland are thus described : — " Their ringlets of yellow hair floated over their shoulders , and were brows with combs of the Their dress
bound over theb purest gold . consisted chiefly of a mantle of green silk , inlaid with eider-down , and bound round the Avaist with a garland of wild flowers . Over their shoulders hung quivers of thc adder ' s skin , stored with arrows tipped in flame . A golden bow hung negligently over the left arm , and little scimitars ofthe same metal g littered at their sides . " " With gold hair is slung , with gold hah * is hung , O ' er their left arms a golden boiv ; And an arrow tipt with green of a dazzling sheen , In a gold quiver hangs below . "