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The Boggart
The Boggart can be found in the counties of Yorkshire and Lancashire.
It's name can be found in places such as Boggarts Clough and Boggarts Hole in Lancashire
Boggarts are mischevious creatures that attach themselves to
homes and families and will be helpfull in the household until insulted in some way. If insulted they will become naughty
and do things such as rearrange furniture, break pots and generally be blamed for things that go bump in the night,
but if offerings are left out for them they will not cause any trouble
The Piskie
The Piskie is the general name for the race or tribe of Fairy
found in Cornwall, although their cousins can be found elsewhere in Britain under different names and guises. In some other
West Country counties they are known as Pixies
Piskies look like small wrinkled faced old men with red hair.
They like to dress in earth colours such as green and brown
Piskies like Brownies have a mischevious nature but can be helpful,
assisting the elderly and the infirm
The Spriggan
Spriggan is the name given to a group of Fairies from Cornwell,
they are related to Piskies but are thought to be much darker and more dangerous than their mischevious cousins
Spriggans were thought to be the cause of spoiled crops, bad
weather and illness. They were also known to take small human children and replace them with one of their own kind. These
Fairy children are known as changelings
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