pixies

• “These are what we call pixies in most of England, but in Cornwall, they are called piskies.”

  Celtic Fairytales

• “He devoutly believed in fairies, whom he called pixies; and held that they changed babies, and made the mushroom rings on the downs to dance in.”

  Westward Ho!

• “But soon we came to the hollow mound known as the pixies' house, elaborately furnished, and a feature, we were told, of the recreation of an imagined world evoked by a book remembered from childhood.”

  The Guardian: Country diary: Longburton, Dorset

• “The creatures called "pixies" seem an odd fit for this story, in that your premise skews hard toward the paranormal and pseudo-scientific, yet they're more traditionally supernatural in origin.”

  Archive 2009-02-22

• “December 15th, 2008 at 11: 22 pm ha! just read through these comments. to anyone calling the pixies ‘overrated’ or ’standard pop/punk’ (gack!!!) – just try covering one of the less melodic pixies songs. really, try. you can’t. blah Says:”

  Matthew Yglesias » When the CW Is Right

• “Many monsters like dragons or giants are monstrous, but others are fantastic such as pixies or unicorns.”

  Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]

• “Those games put more emphasis on fun, while Gray says that DreamBox Learning K-2 Math teaches in a different way and has fun themes such as pixies, pirates, dinosaurs and pets.”

  VentureBeat

• “Dance with the pixies and the elves, swim with the mer-people.”

  Fictionaut: Gretel by Firelight, Part I

• “Twelve-year-old skating pixies twirled, their perfectly French-braided hair flying as they tried to fulfill the demands of overbearing coaches.”

  Simon & Schuster: Chicken Soup for the Soul: Thanks Dad

• “Not the stupid pixies … goddamn, pixels I mean … gosh …”

  Artwork by Kazuki Takamatsu | My[confined]Space

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