Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—P

Phynnodderee

[the Hairy-one]. A Manx spirit, similar to the Scotch “brownie,” and German “kobold.” He is said to be an outlawed fairy, and the offence was this: He absented himself without leave from Fairy-court on the great levée-day of the Harvest-moon, being in the glen of Rushen, dancing with a pretty Manx maid whom he was courting.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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