They live in unusual places like empty bottles. These clever, independent little men wear three-cornered hats. They are shoemakers who make only one shoe, not a pair. Every leprechaun has a hidden pot of gold. They are small, dark-eyed creatures with shaggy eyebrows and deep, gruff voices.
Fairies love to dance and are fond of the music of fiddles, harps, tambourines, and cymbals.
This Italian fairy is dressed in a hooded robe. It comes out at night to lead poor and needy people to hidden treasure. Pixies live in England, where they pull pranks on people. He travels the world over, sprinkling sleep dust in children's eyes to help them fall asleep. When a child's tooth falls out, the tooth fairy takes it away and leaves a reward in its place.