John Wilmet had also much to tell Mr. Wentz about the piskies or pobol vean that he heard, but did not see, at Bosahn.
The withered child lived to be twenty years old, and was no larger when it died than when the piskies brought it.
She used to hear her grandmother, who had been dead fifty years, say that the piskies used to hold a fair in the fields near Breage, and that the people saw them dancing.
She also remembered her grandmother saying that it was customary to set out food for the piskies at night.
The piskiesare said to be very small, and you could never see them by day.
This was as much as she would relate; but it is certain that the piskies were friends of hers.
The piskies had forgiven, had remembered her at last, after these many years, and were coming to her help, as of old.
Dear lady, the piskies are not easily summoned, in these days.
Many a Cornish farmer has found a fine young horse all sweated and spent in the morning, his mane knotted into fairy stirrups showing plainly how some score of the Piskies had been riding him over night.
The Piskies are nearly as bad, as any bewildered traveller who has been Pisky-led into a bog would testify.
Dear Aun' Mary," she whispered, "the Piskies have taken my cheeld!
When it was known that the Piskies had repented and restored Lovey Bussow's child to her, the neighbours agreed that fools have most of the luck in this world; but came nevertheless to offer their congratulations.
He wanted to know how it had happened; for the Piskies do not easily surrender a child they have stolen.
John at last became so confused he could not remember who he was or where he was; in fact, he was so confused and so sleepy that when the piskies called out, "Ho and away for Par Beach!
Whatever John's feelings may have been at the sight of them, the piskies were not troubled by the sight of John.
Betty, though, seemed to be keeping a sharp eye on the door, and as she had a crowd of wicked little piskies about her, Joan thought it wise to get away to safer quarters.
As soon as they had recovered their breath the piskies all formed up in rings and began to dance as fast as their little feet could move, and John with them.
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.
The piskies were very kind to him, and seemed to enjoy his wonder and astonishment at their gorgeous cave.
And all about the Duchy piskies still abound for those who are fitted to see them.
I do not think that the piskies were ever definitely held to be the spirits of the dead, and while a certain confusion has arisen, as some of Mr. Wentz's informants show, I think it belongs to the confused eschatology of modern Protestants.
There are mine-piskies which are not the "knockers".
It was held that the piskies could lead you astray and play tricks on you, but that they never did you any serious injury.
Whether or not piskies are the same as ghosts I cannot tell, but I fancy the old folks thought they were.
I always understood thepiskies to be little people.
If not, it is interesting, and reminds one of the fate of Margery Dawe, 'Piskies came and carr'd her away.
And I heard my grandmother say that the family once put the child out of doors at night to see if the piskies would take it back again.
It was thought that when the piskies have misled you they show themselves jumping about in front of you; they are a race of little people who live out in the fields.
My grandmother's great belief was in piskies and in spirits; and she considered piskies spirits.
The piskies were full of fun, and would whisper in a maid's ear when she was sleeping, and tickle her nose to wake her when she had bad dreams.
The true story of the saints is a little mixed; the giants and the piskies come in, and wherever the saints went there was sure to be trouble.
Everything was different now, and he would not be surprised if piskies were never heard of any more.
You can't make butter if thepiskies turn the cream against the sun, and every dairymaid will tell 'ee so.
However, he always takes a bit of the old county with him when he travels, so that the piskies may find him.
St. Patrick had driven the snakes into the sea, and why not the saints drive the piskies out of Cornwall?
The old people used to tell children that they would be turned into piskies if they wouldn't have their Saturday-night tubbing and say their prayers and go to bed.
When I was a boy, the piskies used to have fine fun with the maidens up to Barton on winter nights when all the work was done.
But Mrs. Andrawartha told us of a legend which goes back further, namely, that piskies are the children of Adam and Eve, who wouldn't be washed on Saturday nights before going to bed.
The smugglers borrowed these caves from the piskies who have re-entered into possession, for here are the piskie sands and piskie caves.
The saints and piskies had a battle-royal at St. Breage.
We reached Camelford, and at night the piskies sealed our eyes in sleep too restful even for the shadow of a dream.
There was an old miller, living at an old mill not so very far away, who had the reputation of knowing more about piskies than any man breathing.
Twas the piskiesstole my tea and sugar, sure 'nuff.
If there hain't the tea, and sugar, and t'other things what I bought to Goosie Vair, and thought the piskies had been and took!
But no sooner was his voice heard than all the lights were extinguished and the piskies fled in consternation in every direction.
At this moment all the piskies burst into the saddest notes of lamentation, tearing their wreaths and garlands asunder and casting the flowers into the grave.
Some of them only danced and played and enjoyed themselves, but others, the piskies and brownies, loved to come at night and help the sad and ill and poor, and those who were good and kind.
Well, fairies and piskies and brownies were supposed to be very little people who lived underground, or in flowers and shells, or in rocks and mines, by day, and only came out at night.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "piskies" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
