piskie
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piskie, pisky, piskey, pisgie, pigsie, pixie, pixy. The Cornish name piskie was metathesized in Somerset and Devon to pixie and pigsie. Cornish and west of England fairy who haunts hills, rivers, and groves, misleading lonely travellers, thus giving us the English word ‘pixilated’. The older, more genuinely Cornish conception envisages a wizened old man, sometimes in a green suit, who both threshes grain and rides a horse. Elsewhere, the figure may be either sturdy and earthy (in Somerset) or slight, white, and naked (in Devon). Piskies were introduced to English literary tradition by the letters of Ann Elizabeth Bray to Robert Southey, later published as
Traditions … on the Borders of the Tamar and the Tavy (1838). See Enys Tregarthen,
The Piskey-Purse (London, 1905); repr. in
PiskeyFolk (New York, 1940); repr. in
Pixie Folklore and Legends (Avenal, NJ, 1995). Folk motif: F200.1. See also
FÓIDÍN MEARAÍ.
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Olympic Issue Has Cool Motifs
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 7/25/1993; ; 700+ words
; ...the deep snows was by skis. Young Haakon was reared at the court of Inge II...in 1217, he was proclaimed King Haakon IV by the Birchlegs. During his reign...extension of its empire. A year later, Haakon sailed to the Scottish Isles to protect...
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Skiing through the ages.
Magazine article from: Faces: People, Places, and Cultures; 3/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...baglers, but died suddenly before it was completed. The only heir to the throne was Haakon's infant son, Haakon IV. Fearing that Haakon IV would be killed by the baglers in a coup attempt, two of the birkebeiners' best skiers took the two-year...
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Raiders of the Norse Largs
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman; 9/3/2005; ; 592 words
; ...in the summer of that year, King Haakon IV of Norway sailed into the Firth of...Norwegians back to their ships. Haakon's fleet, damaged by the storms...royal marriage as a result of which Haakon's great-grand-daughter succeeded...
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BJORN AT THE BIRKIE MADISON TOT AND MOM PLAY ROYAL ROLES IN 35TH ANNUAL SKI RACE.(FRONT)
Newspaper article from: The Capital Times (Madison, WI); 2/21/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...warriors credited with rescuing Prince Haakon during the Norwegian Civil War in 1206. The prince grew to become King Haakon Haakonsson IV, one of the most popular kings...putting Bjorn in the role of Prince Haakon shortly after he was born last February...
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P-P-PICK UP A P-P-PROMOTION.(News)
Newspaper article from: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland); 1/15/2005; 545 words
; ...came under the rule of Norwegian kings. In 1263, King Haakon IV of Norway tried to invade Scotland with a fleet of 200 long ships. But he was beaten back at the Battle of Largs. Haakon's successor, King Magnus, handed over the Western...
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A history of the world in 101/2 inches
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 9/5/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...first polar bear in Britain arrived during the reign of Henry III (1216-72) and was probably a gift from Haakon IV of Norway. Haakon was a good king who liked to give polar bears as presents to fellow monarchs. There is evidence that he gave...
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Julys past.(1249, 1099, 1949)
Magazine article from: History Today; 7/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...Galloway and Argyll, with assistance from Farquhar MacTaggart, now set out to buy the Western Isles from their ruler, Haakon IV of Norway. The offer was not accepted and in 1249 Alexander gathered an invasion fleet. He had got as far as the island...
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Gazette: Anniversaries
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 12/15/1999; 426 words
; ...millionaire, 1892; Carl Ferdinand Cori, biochemist, 1896; General Sir Miles Christopher Dempsey, 1896. Deaths: Haakon IV, King of Norway, 1263; Jan Vermeer (Jan van der Meer van Delft), painter, 1675; Isaak Walton, author of The Compleat...
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Anniversaries
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 12/15/1998; 576 words
; ...playwright, 1888; Jean Paul Getty, multi- millionaire, 1892; General Sir Miles Christopher Dempsey, 1896. Deaths: Haakon IV, King of Norway, 1263; Jan Vermeer (Jan van der Meer van Delft), painter, 1675; Isaak Walton, author of The Compleat...
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Marathon man; Dubuque's Marugg ready for 23rd consecutive Birkie
Newspaper article from: Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque); 2/24/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...Norwegian history credits the Birkebeiners' bravery with preserving the life of the boy who later became King Haakon Haakonsson IV and forever changed Northern Europe's history by his reign. - source: www.birkie.com For Brimeyer, it isn...
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Haakon IV
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Haakon IV (Haakon Haakonsson), 1204-63, king of Norway (1217-63), illegitimate...IV, was solemnly crowned in 1247 at Bergen by a papal legate. Under Haakon IV medieval Norway reached its zenith. Iceland and Greenland were acquired...
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Waldemar IV
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Waldemar IV (Valdemar Atterdag), c.1320-1375, king of Denmark...ability enabled him to unite his kingdom by 1361. Waldemar IV married his daughter Margaret I to Haakon VI, king of Norway, in an effort to unite Denmark and Norway...
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Perth, treaty of
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
Perth, treaty of, 1266. The failure of Haakon IV's great expedition at Largs in October 1263 led to a...the Inner Hebrides. On 2 July 1266 Magnus IV of Norway, Haakon's successor, signed the treaty of Perth with Alexander...
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Magnus VI
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Law Mender), 1238-80, king of Norway (1263-80), son of Haakon IV. A man of peace, he brought an end to the Scottish war by ceding...1280-99), who was the father of Margaret Maid of Norway, and Haakon V (reigned 1299-1319).
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Iceland
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...civil wars of rival chieftains facilitated Norwegian intervention. The attempt of Snorri Sturluson (1179-1241) to establish the full control of King Haakon IV of Norway over Iceland was a failure; however, Haakon incorporated Iceland i
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