Fairy Door - Dartmoor Piskies, Museum of Dartmoor Life, Okehampton, Devon, UK
Posted by: Dragontree
N 50° 44.305 W 004° 00.213
30U E 429186 N 5621216
Dartmoor Piskies live in the Museum of Dartmoor Life and can be spotted. Here we can see a fairy door they often use.
Waymark Code: WM16AJ3
Location: South West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 06/15/2022
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Tucked in the window near the blacksmith on the ground floor is this colourful fairy door. It is decorated in rainbow colours and has a love heart painted too.
Terri describes these little folk on his website:
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'Piskies" or "pixies" are the fairy folk of Devon, though the name tends to sound to them rather daintier than they are. In most accounts, they are small but earthy creatures, usually dressed in natural elements or rags, although sometimes appearing in lordly splendor to those with Fairy Sight. Pixies, reports Whitlock, "are timid and shy, live in remote places, often in caves or holes in rocks, venturing out only at night. They are, in general, well disposed towards the human race and have been known to lend a friendly hand with farm and domestic work. Nevertheless, the creatures are not to be trifled with, for they understand magic and can make life unpleasant for anyone who offends them....'