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Brownie
Alternatively Brounie, Urisk (Lowlands of Scotland), Brωnaidh, Ωruisg, or Gruagach
(Scottish
Gaelic).
In English and Scottish folklore, the name given
to a small, industrious and kindly sprite
believed to do helpful work at night.
According to legend, Brownies are meager,
shaggy, and wild in their appearance, usually making their quarters in a
unused part of the residence. At daytime they lurk in the remote recesses of
the old houses they delight to haunt; at night they
diligently employ themselves in any laborious task which they
think might be acceptable to the family to whose service they devote
themselves.
Brownies do not like to be seen and will work
only under the cover of darkness, at night, customarily in exchange for
small gifts or food. They are supposed to enjoy porridge, cream, or bread
and milk. One should never call these gifts payments or misuse their labor,
because the Brownies will then leave the house or worse yet, turn into
Boggarts.
The Ωruisg was a solitary
fairy of Scottish Gaelic
tradition, a half-man and half- goat, but not satyr-like,
despite appearances. He is a tougher, hirsute Brownie, with a particular
fondness for dairy products, but is also given to helping at household
chores, especially churning butter and cleaning. Not surprisingly, he was
feared by milkmaids, who made regular libations of milk or cream to charm
him off, or to secure his favor.
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Dwarves, Fairy,
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Sources: (1)
Brewer's Dictionary
of Phrase & Fable,
Harper Collins Publishers;
(2) Rose, Carol,
Spirits, Fairies,
Leprechauns, and Goblins: An Encyclopedia, W. W. Norton & Company;
(3)
Dwelly, Edward,
Dwelly's Illustrated Gaelic-English Dictionary, Alex MacLaren & Sons.
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