What is "pisky"

Usage examples of "pisky".

Essie also made sure they knew the mysteries of the piskies, which were the most important mysteries there were: redheaded men, with eyes and clothes as green as a river and turned-up noses, funny, squinting men who would, if they got a mind to, turn you and twist you and lead you out of your way, unless you had salt in your pocket, or a little bread.

Small, uncute, and mostly harmless, piskies had been the first-hit by the vigilantes, the worst-hit.

Redcaps and an odd-looking feathered creature sat quietly against one wall, watching intently while three or four piskies flitted in the air, piskies being one of the few winged species who could still actually fly.

The human was puzzled for a moment, then as another small form swarmed past them, he realized that the demon was giving instructions to the half-dozen piskies moving with him.

I could really believe some of the fanciful stories he told me of piskies and witches.

There is a great fear of the Little People or the Piskies, who are said to have very special powers, not always kindly.

From the tiny, prankish piskies who were no taller than a mouse, to the nasty spriggans with large heads, the knockers who worked underground, the gentle small people who lived in faery gardens with perfume, and finally to the good people who helped his ancestors build Kindred.

And all about the Duchy piskies still abound for those who are fitted to see them.

The piskies were very kind to him, and seemed to enjoy his wonder and astonishment at their gorgeous cave.

Some say that the piskies still haunt the woods and fields around Trefronick, but that they only show themselves to children and grown-ups of simple, trusting nature.

And, though the squire laughed at such things, the kitchen-folk always put out a china saucer of the creamiest milk at night, put it outside the kitchen door, for the piskies.

Essie also made sure they knew the mysteries of the piskies, which were the most important mysteries there were: redheaded men, with eyes and clothes as green as a river and turned-up noses, funny, squinting men who would, if they got a mind to, turn you and twist you and lead you out of your way, unless you had salt in your pocket, or a little bread.

No, here the seals were ancestrally akin to the Good Neighbours, and treated with the same cautious respect as the country-folk extended to the piskies.