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House elves are important characters in the Harry Potter stories. They look more like hob-goblins than cute elves from ...

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House elves are important characters in the Harry Potter stories. They look more like hob-goblins than cute elves from Germanic stories. Dobbie and Winky are the two most important house elves who we have met so far.

In old English and Scottish folklore there were creatures called Brownies. No, not the ones you eat! Brownies cleaned the house and night and didn't like to be seen. Just like house-elves in Harry Potter, Brownies stopped working if you gave them clothes. They'd even stop if you paid them. Sounds just like Dobbie and Winky, doesn't it?

If you were wondering, the Brownies in the Girl Scouts were named after these Brownie elves.

Two brownie stories:

The Brownies by Juliana Horatia Ewing. Published in 1870. This is the story that lead to the name of the Girl Scout Brownies.

The Brownies in the Toy Shop by Palmer Cox. Published in the 1890s.
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Oh I also found out that Brownies are related to Boggarts!! I'll find out more about that next.
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Cool! I didn't know that!
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I just found a copy online of Mrs. Ewing's story The Brownies:

http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/ewi...s/brownies.html
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I just found a copy online of Mrs. Ewing's story The Brownies:

http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/ewi...s/brownies.html
Wow!
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It's fun, isn't it?

Now to find something on boggarts and how they are related to house elves.
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Border brownies are most characteristic. They are small men, about three feet in height, very raggedly dressed in brown clothes, with brown faces and shaggy heads, who come out at night to do the work that has been left undone by the servants. They make themselves responsible for the farm or house in which they live: reap, mow, her the sheep, prevent the hens from laying away, run errands, and give good counsel at need. A brownie can become personally attached to one member of the family. From FairesWorld.com

OK - NOW I see why Dobbie looked like a funny, little man!!!
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Border brownies are most characteristic. They are small men, about three feet in height, very raggedly dressed in brown clothes, with brown faces and shaggy heads, who come out at night to do the work that has been left undone by the servants. They make themselves responsible for the farm or house in which they live: reap, mow, her the sheep, prevent the hens from laying away, run errands, and give good counsel at need. A brownie can become personally attached to one member of the family. From FairesWorld.com

OK - NOW I see why Dobbie looked like a funny, little man!!!
That's funny!
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real funny . Wow how interesting
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