The name of the fairy dog loosed on Hugh Macleod of Raasay when he stole the fairy cup from a fairy brugh.

See also Thefts from the Fairies.

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See Ganconer.

See 'The Legend of Mullaghmast'.

One of the fairy animals, a fairy cow which appeared out of various lakes and whose legend is briefly told in Wood-Martin's Elder Faiths of Ireland. See the Dun Cow of Kirkham.

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The commonest and most widespread traditional name for ignis fatuus. Also Will-with-the-Wisp, Willy Wisp, Will o' the Wykes.

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The name of one of the female fairies in the Life of Robin Goodfellow. Following as usual the guidance of the name, the anonymous author makes her the nurse of the fairy babies:

Lull is the nurse and tends the cradle,

And the babes doth dresse and swadle.

In Allies's list of the fairies he finds quite a number of placenames beginning with 'Lul'.

At Westray in Orkney there were two burial mounds which were called 'Wilkie's Knolls'. Offerings of milk were said to be made to Wilkie, though nobody seems very clear about him. It is at least obvious that, like quite a number of other fairy types, Wilkie was closely connected with the dead.

A polite tongue as well as an incurious eye is an important asset in any adventure among fairies. There is one caution, however: certain fairies do not like to be thanked. It is against etiquette. No fault can be found with a bow or a curtsy, and all questions should be politely answered.

See Faults condemned by the fairies; Virtues esteemed by the fairies.

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