The Little People

All over the country, there are legends about small people who are mischievous, naughty, evil or good. Strange how these legends are universal wherever you are, perhaps there is some truth in them. In the same way people all over the country know about sheep, perhaps the reason people all over the country know about little people is, like sheep, little people actually live all over the country.
Here are some of the legends I found out once.

Kelpie (Scottish)
The Water Horse, and quite bad in a way. Supposed to allure women and children to his sub aqueous haunts, and there devour them. Only women and children though.

Urist or Urisk (Scottish)
A half man half goat person. Nice blokes. Supernatural, who, like the brownies of England, could be gained over by kind attentions to perform the drudgery of the farm. Generally Inclined to mischief. Said to hold stated assemblies in the celebrated cave called Coire-nan-Uriskin, situated near the base of Ben-Venue, in Aberfoyle

Daoine Shith (Scottish again)
Little People. Men of peace, who are the fairies of the Highlanders, "though not absolutely malevolent, are believed to be a peevish race of beings. They always Wear green clothes, and they were supposed to take offence when any of the mortal race presumed to wear their favourite colour. Live below grassy eminences or knolls

Heather Pixies (Scottish), Mor Sprites, Hobgoblins
Evil little men I think. The English Hobgoblin loves to live in homes where he makes much trouble for the people who live there. They have no moral code of their own, but very happy to enforce the one by which they feel their human hosts should abide. They are miserly and lazy. Like Scouts I think.

Hob or Hobgoblin (North York Moors), Brownie
The brownie is small, ragged and shaggy. Nose so small as to be hardly more than 2 nostrils.
Hobs are particular brownies with a specialist in whooping cough. Children with whooping cough used to be brought to Hobhole in Brunswick Bay to be cured by Hob. The parents would call
'Hobhole Hob! Hobhole Hob!
My bairn's got kincough.
Tak't off! Tak't off!'
Brownies are driven away by a present of clothes. He is willing to do all odd jobs about a house, but sometimes he untidies what he has been left to tidy. The brownie can accept no payment, and the surest way to drive him away is to leave him a suit of clothes. Bread and milk and other dainties can be left unobtrusively, but even they must not be openly offered
The story 'The Elves and The Shoemaker' is a story about Brownies
Harry Potters pal Dobbin is a brownie of sorts, released from his slavery with presents (in this case a sock)