colt-pixy

In Hampshire, the name given to a supposed spirit or fairy, which, in the shape of a horse, wickers (i.e., neighs), and misleads horses into bogs, etc. It is similar in character to the kelpie.

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References

Sources

  • Hazlitt, W. Carew. (1905). Faith and Folklore. 2 vols. London: Reeves and Turner, p. 1:141.
  • Jamieson, J. (1880). An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language. Vol. 3. Paisley: Alexander Gardner.
  • Wright, J. (1898). The English dialect dictionary. Vol. 1. London: H. Frowde.