Lark's Places and Terms N-Z
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NO.
No harm. Disclaimer or reassurance used by some fay when grabbing or holding a stranger. They use it when holding hands with someone for the purpose of guiding him/her through the gate, or occasionally to deflect a jealous pixie or settle some possible misunderstanding. Tane uses it when Dog-Jory is upset with him for hugging Linda. Tom uses it to settle Mal, and Jin Peckerdale and Si both use it for Zach.
Norlands: Fjiordfee territory
NU.
Number 16 Ridgeway Road, inhabited by Annie, the community watch leader. Mentioned in Pen and Ink
Nutmeg Surprise possibly served at Fee Kaffee, though Martina might be joking.
NO.
No harm. Disclaimer or reassurance used by some fay when grabbing or holding a stranger. They use it when holding hands with someone for the purpose of guiding him/her through the gate, or occasionally to deflect a jealous pixie or settle some possible misunderstanding. Tane uses it when Dog-Jory is upset with him for hugging Linda. Tom uses it to settle Mal, and Jin Peckerdale and Si both use it for Zach.
Norlands: Fjiordfee territory
NU.
Number 16 Ridgeway Road, inhabited by Annie, the community watch leader. Mentioned in Pen and Ink
Nutmeg Surprise possibly served at Fee Kaffee, though Martina might be joking.
OOO
OI.
Oil of sweetwood, Oil distilled from the bark of the sweetwood tree. Has the typical sweet smell. It’s colourless and easy to mix with other things. It’s one of the ingredients Lore Mor Arlodh added to his grandsire’s salve to make it nicer to use.
Oileán an Ghrá (Island of Love) or Bodhran Island. A green island in the Star Pin where the leprechauns go for ceilidhs and the courtfolk go to dance.
ON.
On Christmas Eve in the Morning: a carol Quinn wrote for Yvanne on their wedding night
OV.
Over Here/ Over Here. Both a place and a term. If characters are in the fairies' home world (not Fairyland, but a place where the more extreme manifestations live full time) they refer to it as Over Here. If int he human world, it is referred to as Over There.
Over Here B&B Bed and Breakfast on the outskirts of Patterdale, run by the Peckerdale/Grene families. Mal and LeeLee, Alex and Kris work there in the 1980s
Over There/ Over There. Both a place and a term. If characters are in the fairies' home world (not Fairyland, but a place where the more extreme manifestations live full time) they refer to the human world as Over There. If in the human world, it is referred to as Over Here. Over There, from the human perspective, is a place where mobiles, cars and other modern tech don't work.
OI.
Oil of sweetwood, Oil distilled from the bark of the sweetwood tree. Has the typical sweet smell. It’s colourless and easy to mix with other things. It’s one of the ingredients Lore Mor Arlodh added to his grandsire’s salve to make it nicer to use.
Oileán an Ghrá (Island of Love) or Bodhran Island. A green island in the Star Pin where the leprechauns go for ceilidhs and the courtfolk go to dance.
ON.
On Christmas Eve in the Morning: a carol Quinn wrote for Yvanne on their wedding night
OV.
Over Here/ Over Here. Both a place and a term. If characters are in the fairies' home world (not Fairyland, but a place where the more extreme manifestations live full time) they refer to it as Over Here. If int he human world, it is referred to as Over There.
Over Here B&B Bed and Breakfast on the outskirts of Patterdale, run by the Peckerdale/Grene families. Mal and LeeLee, Alex and Kris work there in the 1980s
Over There/ Over There. Both a place and a term. If characters are in the fairies' home world (not Fairyland, but a place where the more extreme manifestations live full time) they refer to the human world as Over There. If in the human world, it is referred to as Over Here. Over There, from the human perspective, is a place where mobiles, cars and other modern tech don't work.
PPP
PA.
Patterdale. Suburb where Peckerdale Grene Community Tower is. Hosts the Counterpoint Music Festival
PE.
Peckerdale Grene Community Tower A tall block of flats owned by Peter and Pia Peckerdale and Peter and Gentian Grene. Staff includes granddaughter Ryl Merriweather and her human husband, Tom, who is a doorman. Peck Grene lives in one of the family flats. Includes a luxury studio flat on the top floor with a spa room. Also a community lounge with a kitchen serving soup and bread, an extensive green belt with a gate to Over There. Peckerdale Grene tends to repel those with bad intentions. Green Balls and Pen and Ink
Pen’s house. Number 19 Ridgeway Road, Appledore. A house in a quiet street. Has a pleasant back garden. Pen lived there with her husband and now works from home as an illustrator. Currently inhabited by Pen and Duffy Inkersoll and their twins Llew and Dove. Pen and Ink
Pen and Ink. Pen Inkersoll’s imprint
Pelican Gallery. A gallery near Van Dyk Performing and Presentation College of the Arts at which Jake Peters shows his work. Honey and the Harvest Hob
PI.
Pink Fandango – pink drink with rose petals and ice, served to dancers at Cats’ Pyjamas in Calico Calypso
Pink Flamingo – possibly also a drink served to dancers at Cats’ Pyjamas in Calico Calypso. Kris Peckerdale considers it.
Pisky Business. A wish business started by Daveth Porthwellian and Jillian. Kit and Issy St Clair and Jory Pendennis worked there for a while. Pisky Business
Pisky coast; the coast below Treborrow
The Pisky Maid A ballet. Richenda dances the lead, and Tim and Amalie are second leads
Pisky miss/ Pisky minx. Female pisky. Illya Marsh suggests some of them are Pisky bitches
Pisky Waters Jewellery line belonging to Tane Pendennis
PitchPerfect. A party boat for hire. Zach sails on it and jumps off it
Pixie britches: Short trousers pixies sometimes wear
The Pixies’ Christmas aka The Pixies’ Carol; A fay Christmas carol both Yvanne and Quinn know
Pixie dust. Pixies use this to facilitate matters or sometimes to remove memories. The ethical ones use it only with the dustee's permission... though Peck does dust a publican who refuses to check his ID. He later uses it with permission in Man Overboard. Jin Peckerdale also uses it
Pixie grip. A disconcerting habit pixies have of holding on to their lovers while they sleep. Ryl Merriweather, who is a halfling pixie, wasn’t sure if she had it or not. As her husband Tom discovered, she did. Ryl’s mother Melody certainly did, as did Melody’s mother Pia. Peck Grene was worried about its effect on his fiancée Chloe when they started sleeping together.
Pixie forest. Forest area where pixies, treefolk and Oash the sylvan live.
Pixie Helper. A small business Si Bakewell started to get savings for his Wish-Match account. Wish-Match, The Kissing Ring
Pixie knickers Short pants
Pixie miss. A female pixie
Pixie pants Soft loose pants around knee-length. Worn by pixies and sylvan of both sexes
Pixies’ Christmas – a fay Christmas carol favoured by Quinn Peckerdale
The Pixies’ Gavotte- A dance Yvanne Skipton was going to teach Tab Merriweather at the 2016 Skipton Manor ball on Christmas Eve.
Pixie shoes Soft moccasin-style shoes favoured by pixies and sylvan
PL.
Plumb-Bob. The name on Deek Caffrey’s white van in 1986
PR.
Printme A business that prints leaflets and business cards in the early 2000s Daveth gets the Pisky Business fliers done there.
PU.
Pull-me-down. A top worn by leprechaun colleens
PA.
Patterdale. Suburb where Peckerdale Grene Community Tower is. Hosts the Counterpoint Music Festival
PE.
Peckerdale Grene Community Tower A tall block of flats owned by Peter and Pia Peckerdale and Peter and Gentian Grene. Staff includes granddaughter Ryl Merriweather and her human husband, Tom, who is a doorman. Peck Grene lives in one of the family flats. Includes a luxury studio flat on the top floor with a spa room. Also a community lounge with a kitchen serving soup and bread, an extensive green belt with a gate to Over There. Peckerdale Grene tends to repel those with bad intentions. Green Balls and Pen and Ink
Pen’s house. Number 19 Ridgeway Road, Appledore. A house in a quiet street. Has a pleasant back garden. Pen lived there with her husband and now works from home as an illustrator. Currently inhabited by Pen and Duffy Inkersoll and their twins Llew and Dove. Pen and Ink
Pen and Ink. Pen Inkersoll’s imprint
Pelican Gallery. A gallery near Van Dyk Performing and Presentation College of the Arts at which Jake Peters shows his work. Honey and the Harvest Hob
PI.
Pink Fandango – pink drink with rose petals and ice, served to dancers at Cats’ Pyjamas in Calico Calypso
Pink Flamingo – possibly also a drink served to dancers at Cats’ Pyjamas in Calico Calypso. Kris Peckerdale considers it.
Pisky Business. A wish business started by Daveth Porthwellian and Jillian. Kit and Issy St Clair and Jory Pendennis worked there for a while. Pisky Business
Pisky coast; the coast below Treborrow
The Pisky Maid A ballet. Richenda dances the lead, and Tim and Amalie are second leads
Pisky miss/ Pisky minx. Female pisky. Illya Marsh suggests some of them are Pisky bitches
Pisky Waters Jewellery line belonging to Tane Pendennis
PitchPerfect. A party boat for hire. Zach sails on it and jumps off it
Pixie britches: Short trousers pixies sometimes wear
The Pixies’ Christmas aka The Pixies’ Carol; A fay Christmas carol both Yvanne and Quinn know
Pixie dust. Pixies use this to facilitate matters or sometimes to remove memories. The ethical ones use it only with the dustee's permission... though Peck does dust a publican who refuses to check his ID. He later uses it with permission in Man Overboard. Jin Peckerdale also uses it
Pixie grip. A disconcerting habit pixies have of holding on to their lovers while they sleep. Ryl Merriweather, who is a halfling pixie, wasn’t sure if she had it or not. As her husband Tom discovered, she did. Ryl’s mother Melody certainly did, as did Melody’s mother Pia. Peck Grene was worried about its effect on his fiancée Chloe when they started sleeping together.
Pixie forest. Forest area where pixies, treefolk and Oash the sylvan live.
Pixie Helper. A small business Si Bakewell started to get savings for his Wish-Match account. Wish-Match, The Kissing Ring
Pixie knickers Short pants
Pixie miss. A female pixie
Pixie pants Soft loose pants around knee-length. Worn by pixies and sylvan of both sexes
Pixies’ Christmas – a fay Christmas carol favoured by Quinn Peckerdale
The Pixies’ Gavotte- A dance Yvanne Skipton was going to teach Tab Merriweather at the 2016 Skipton Manor ball on Christmas Eve.
Pixie shoes Soft moccasin-style shoes favoured by pixies and sylvan
PL.
Plumb-Bob. The name on Deek Caffrey’s white van in 1986
PR.
Printme A business that prints leaflets and business cards in the early 2000s Daveth gets the Pisky Business fliers done there.
PU.
Pull-me-down. A top worn by leprechaun colleens
RRR
RA.
Rabbit in Bunderland A film from 2000. Pisky Business hires on as waiting staff for the wrap party
RE.
Recycle Sally’s The bo-ho boutique where Josefa works
Renoir Variations (ballet) An excerpt is performed at the Patterdale Music Festival, starring Flori Almaclair and Gervais
RI.
Emer Inkersoll’s ring box. (see EM)
RO.
The rockslides gateway. A gateway in Queensland
Rory Inkersoll’s cottage: timber and thatch with a low-fenced flower garden and shallow steps and crystals in the window. Tom and Ryl visit there in 1985 when Rory lives there with Emer and Duffy is visiting. Flori visits it with the best men in 2017, when Rory lives there alone, and Sheelagh Chalk conducts Tab and Josefa there in 2018. Sofia Silver goes to stay with Rory there. Jisinia Peckerdale visits Rory there looking for direction and Quinn and Yvanne go there to be married.
Rose Jordana Dane’s third solo album
Rosemaiden A “chick film” Ryl went to see at the cinema with her friend Kelly in 1985. Tom went with Mish, and Guy Popplewell with his little sister, who met “ a mate from school with her mum” and so Guy and Mish went out for popcorn and didn’t return.
Rose Wine; wine with essence of roses in it, made on Summer Isle. Betony and the summerman share some in the Coeur des Roses, the rose maze.
RU.
To rub up the green. Pixie and part pixie men can bring up the green colour on a forearm or pulse point by rubbing it.
RA.
Rabbit in Bunderland A film from 2000. Pisky Business hires on as waiting staff for the wrap party
RE.
Recycle Sally’s The bo-ho boutique where Josefa works
Renoir Variations (ballet) An excerpt is performed at the Patterdale Music Festival, starring Flori Almaclair and Gervais
RI.
Emer Inkersoll’s ring box. (see EM)
RO.
The rockslides gateway. A gateway in Queensland
Rory Inkersoll’s cottage: timber and thatch with a low-fenced flower garden and shallow steps and crystals in the window. Tom and Ryl visit there in 1985 when Rory lives there with Emer and Duffy is visiting. Flori visits it with the best men in 2017, when Rory lives there alone, and Sheelagh Chalk conducts Tab and Josefa there in 2018. Sofia Silver goes to stay with Rory there. Jisinia Peckerdale visits Rory there looking for direction and Quinn and Yvanne go there to be married.
Rose Jordana Dane’s third solo album
Rosemaiden A “chick film” Ryl went to see at the cinema with her friend Kelly in 1985. Tom went with Mish, and Guy Popplewell with his little sister, who met “ a mate from school with her mum” and so Guy and Mish went out for popcorn and didn’t return.
Rose Wine; wine with essence of roses in it, made on Summer Isle. Betony and the summerman share some in the Coeur des Roses, the rose maze.
RU.
To rub up the green. Pixie and part pixie men can bring up the green colour on a forearm or pulse point by rubbing it.
SSS
SA.
Saint Dorothy’s College The school Ryl attends in The Kissing Ring. Natalia Echo goes there for a while as an “exchange student”.
Salve: A wonderfully effective salve that smells of seaweed in the sun. Invented by seaman Lore Mor Arlodh’s grandsire Mull for a braewife, who paid him with a suit of clothes he never wore. Lore uses it, but adds oil of sweetwood and “a few other things” to make it more pleasant.
Sandahl soap. Tom Merriweather’s preferred soap until the incident with Annabel The Kissing Ring
SC.
Scotch on the Rocks – a television program Betony enjoys
SE.
Seadown: A soft, feathery seaweed found on Arcadia Island. It is used for stuffing mattresses.
Servicing/ Servicer To do with wishes. A fairy who helps deliver a wish is a servicer.
SH.
Shamrock Village. A large village on the Green Way, where Eileen o' the Mist, Kieran Shamrock and the rest of the family live. Includes a green, a great hall, Kieran's cottage, Eileen's cottage, the dairy/byre, the forge where Grainne and her man live, the shamrock banks and a clover meadow.
Show-me-the-world; a computer site that gives a virtual tour of places.
SI.
The Sight
Mild clairvoyance. Some fay have it
Singing the tree A song charm hobs use to encourage healthy growth in trees and babies. Pisky Business
SK.
Skipton Manor. Holds a Midsummer Ball in Midsummer Melody
The Skipton Swan
The Skipton family emblem
The Sky Pool. A beautiful pool, open to the sky, reached only be diving through a gap in the base of the falls. (Unless one falls from above.) Hob and Honey swim there. Honey and the Harvest Hob
The sky-roofed hut. Where McTavish takes Flori in Floribunda and the Best Men
SO.
Soul-cold. Despair or depression in fay
Soup. Soup is a feature of Peckerdale Grene Tower. It is on offer for anyone.
Souper room – Chloe’s name for the communal kitchen and dining room on the ground floor of Peckerdale Grene Community Tower. Serves soup, bread spreads, tea, coffee and ht chocolate
SP.
Spillikins – The English chain store where Betony buys her knickers in Betony Buys Adventure
Springyweed. A fluffy-seeded plant the fay use for stuffing matresses
Spritzer soap. Soap Mish Verhoven uses The Kissing Ring
ST.
Stable house: A house where Ancel lives a lot of the time on Île d'eté. He takes Suzette there after their wedding
Stag St. Martins: a blink-or-you’ll-miss-it village in England. Home town of Daniel Fanshaw.
Stag Stone. A standing stone a few miles from Stag St. Martins. Site of the Stag Stone gateway. The other side is Arrival Island.
The Star Pin or Chain of Delight. An archipelago over there, reached by the Stag Stone gate.
Islands run east from Arrival to Arcadia Island, to Bodhran Island, to Summer Island (Île d'eté or Isle o’ Samhradh), to Dawn. A central island is called Stella Iris
Station 41. A petrol station halfway between London and Stag St. Martin.
Stella Iris: A delightful jewel of an island in the Star Pin; birthplace of Foss Chancery
Straw Street – the club Cats’ Pyjamas is there in the 1980s
Studio – the music studio where 4Ts-Quad play. On the 7th floor of the tower and soundproofed. It has a small annex.
SU.
Summercourt Fairy Port. Port made at the Summercourt Winery in Victoria.
Summercourt Wines Winery/vineyard fifteen minutes from the B&B near Patterdale. Run by Roderick and Melody, with help from Kris and Alexander in the 1980s. Probably established to provide a believable provenance for Ryl while she was at school. Federation style house. Cellar shop. Combination of house and business.
Summercourt ‘85 – A white wine Kris orders for himself and Mimi at Cats’ Pyjamas in Calico Calypso. Made by Summercourt Wines.
Summerleigh Grange in Lilyfield, Adelaide. Nursing home where Sofia Silver, Beatrice Florin and her neighbour and sister in law Sib were.
Sunrise Carol: a carol Yvanne Peckerdale composed
SW.
Swans
Two black swans and their three cygnets live near the enchanted valley house
Swashbucklers. A karaoke club that runs an open mic swinging pirate karaoke night on Friday. Ike plans to perform. Duffy Inkersoll decides to take Pen along. Pen and Ink
Sweetwood. A kind of tree with soft, sappy but fibrous wood. Yields a sweet sap and can be made into flutes. See oil of sweetwood
Sweetwood flute. A very high-toned flute made from the sweetwood tree in the pixie forest. It requires a large hand span to play it.
SY.
Sylvan aubade. A love song/lament which was Sofia Silver’s “our song” with Jessamine. Sofa learned it from her grandmother who presumably got it from her Sylvan lover
Sylvan. Fairies associated with the forest. They are laconic, kindly, and less mercurial than some of the more extreme nature fay. A sylvan looks young (a sixty-year-old may look twenty) because they age more like trees than like people. Sylvan can morph into either sex. Both sexes use the same name. Oash is a sylvan.
Sylvan tunic. A laced tunic in green, brown, cream or similar colour, form fitting, and very soft and comfortable. Laced at the side.
SA.
Saint Dorothy’s College The school Ryl attends in The Kissing Ring. Natalia Echo goes there for a while as an “exchange student”.
Salve: A wonderfully effective salve that smells of seaweed in the sun. Invented by seaman Lore Mor Arlodh’s grandsire Mull for a braewife, who paid him with a suit of clothes he never wore. Lore uses it, but adds oil of sweetwood and “a few other things” to make it more pleasant.
Sandahl soap. Tom Merriweather’s preferred soap until the incident with Annabel The Kissing Ring
SC.
Scotch on the Rocks – a television program Betony enjoys
SE.
Seadown: A soft, feathery seaweed found on Arcadia Island. It is used for stuffing mattresses.
Servicing/ Servicer To do with wishes. A fairy who helps deliver a wish is a servicer.
SH.
Shamrock Village. A large village on the Green Way, where Eileen o' the Mist, Kieran Shamrock and the rest of the family live. Includes a green, a great hall, Kieran's cottage, Eileen's cottage, the dairy/byre, the forge where Grainne and her man live, the shamrock banks and a clover meadow.
Show-me-the-world; a computer site that gives a virtual tour of places.
SI.
The Sight
Mild clairvoyance. Some fay have it
Singing the tree A song charm hobs use to encourage healthy growth in trees and babies. Pisky Business
SK.
Skipton Manor. Holds a Midsummer Ball in Midsummer Melody
The Skipton Swan
The Skipton family emblem
The Sky Pool. A beautiful pool, open to the sky, reached only be diving through a gap in the base of the falls. (Unless one falls from above.) Hob and Honey swim there. Honey and the Harvest Hob
The sky-roofed hut. Where McTavish takes Flori in Floribunda and the Best Men
SO.
Soul-cold. Despair or depression in fay
Soup. Soup is a feature of Peckerdale Grene Tower. It is on offer for anyone.
Souper room – Chloe’s name for the communal kitchen and dining room on the ground floor of Peckerdale Grene Community Tower. Serves soup, bread spreads, tea, coffee and ht chocolate
SP.
Spillikins – The English chain store where Betony buys her knickers in Betony Buys Adventure
Springyweed. A fluffy-seeded plant the fay use for stuffing matresses
Spritzer soap. Soap Mish Verhoven uses The Kissing Ring
ST.
Stable house: A house where Ancel lives a lot of the time on Île d'eté. He takes Suzette there after their wedding
Stag St. Martins: a blink-or-you’ll-miss-it village in England. Home town of Daniel Fanshaw.
Stag Stone. A standing stone a few miles from Stag St. Martins. Site of the Stag Stone gateway. The other side is Arrival Island.
The Star Pin or Chain of Delight. An archipelago over there, reached by the Stag Stone gate.
Islands run east from Arrival to Arcadia Island, to Bodhran Island, to Summer Island (Île d'eté or Isle o’ Samhradh), to Dawn. A central island is called Stella Iris
Station 41. A petrol station halfway between London and Stag St. Martin.
Stella Iris: A delightful jewel of an island in the Star Pin; birthplace of Foss Chancery
Straw Street – the club Cats’ Pyjamas is there in the 1980s
Studio – the music studio where 4Ts-Quad play. On the 7th floor of the tower and soundproofed. It has a small annex.
SU.
Summercourt Fairy Port. Port made at the Summercourt Winery in Victoria.
Summercourt Wines Winery/vineyard fifteen minutes from the B&B near Patterdale. Run by Roderick and Melody, with help from Kris and Alexander in the 1980s. Probably established to provide a believable provenance for Ryl while she was at school. Federation style house. Cellar shop. Combination of house and business.
Summercourt ‘85 – A white wine Kris orders for himself and Mimi at Cats’ Pyjamas in Calico Calypso. Made by Summercourt Wines.
Summerleigh Grange in Lilyfield, Adelaide. Nursing home where Sofia Silver, Beatrice Florin and her neighbour and sister in law Sib were.
Sunrise Carol: a carol Yvanne Peckerdale composed
SW.
Swans
Two black swans and their three cygnets live near the enchanted valley house
Swashbucklers. A karaoke club that runs an open mic swinging pirate karaoke night on Friday. Ike plans to perform. Duffy Inkersoll decides to take Pen along. Pen and Ink
Sweetwood. A kind of tree with soft, sappy but fibrous wood. Yields a sweet sap and can be made into flutes. See oil of sweetwood
Sweetwood flute. A very high-toned flute made from the sweetwood tree in the pixie forest. It requires a large hand span to play it.
SY.
Sylvan aubade. A love song/lament which was Sofia Silver’s “our song” with Jessamine. Sofa learned it from her grandmother who presumably got it from her Sylvan lover
Sylvan. Fairies associated with the forest. They are laconic, kindly, and less mercurial than some of the more extreme nature fay. A sylvan looks young (a sixty-year-old may look twenty) because they age more like trees than like people. Sylvan can morph into either sex. Both sexes use the same name. Oash is a sylvan.
Sylvan tunic. A laced tunic in green, brown, cream or similar colour, form fitting, and very soft and comfortable. Laced at the side.
TTT
TA.
Tango’s Vineyard
The vineyard Tango Merriweather has via tree rule over there. It’s quite near Quinn’s enchanted valley house. Tango’s crop goes mostly to Summercourt, but he gives some to people who have helped him…including Quinn
Tattie Pastie – potato paste; one of the ingredients in the flakey rolls Rogier makes
TH.
Le Théâtre de la Pantomime Anglaise A theatre in France where Promise Grene worked backstage
The Thicket Oak : An odd oak tree at Erin a’ Fee.
Thrifty Buys. The cut-price shop where Frances buys the fairy doll Fairy on the Christmas Tree. Tab gets bamboo pillows in the Sydney shop
Thymelines: Kris Peckerdale’s gallery. Pen Inkersoll sells prints there.
TI.
The Tisdales. A TV programme Kay enjoys in the mid 1980s. The Kissing Ring
TO.
Topsy Investments Run by Lance Brill until its spectacular crash. Taken over by Mac Tilley. Betony Field works there, as did her boyfriend, Jay.
Topsy-Turvy Estate – associated housing where Betony has a second floor flat she used to share with Jay
TR.
Trace fay. A person with a quarter or less fay blood. They may have no idea they’re not fully human.
Trace pixie. A person with a quarter or less pixie blood. They generally don't use pixie dust and don't flush green.
Treborrow. Pisky village where Merryn Pendennis lives. Pisky Business
Tree maid/ tree lad. A fairy associated with trees. Heidi Ash, Sash and Tally Beech are tree maids. Empathetic and sweet-natured. Timbre Merriweather is friends with a tree lad with whom he has an arrangement to milk a cow in exchange for a share of the milk.
Tree rule If someone grows a tree or trees for seven years and no one objects, then that plot of land becomes his or hers by tree rule.
TS.
An t-slighe gaisgeil (the heroes’ road) a causeway between Heather and Bodhran Islands, passable only by a leap of faith at low tide. Betony traverses it with the piper.
TU.
Tulpenmanie. Bart Merriweather’s yacht. Man Overboard
TA.
Tango’s Vineyard
The vineyard Tango Merriweather has via tree rule over there. It’s quite near Quinn’s enchanted valley house. Tango’s crop goes mostly to Summercourt, but he gives some to people who have helped him…including Quinn
Tattie Pastie – potato paste; one of the ingredients in the flakey rolls Rogier makes
TH.
Le Théâtre de la Pantomime Anglaise A theatre in France where Promise Grene worked backstage
The Thicket Oak : An odd oak tree at Erin a’ Fee.
Thrifty Buys. The cut-price shop where Frances buys the fairy doll Fairy on the Christmas Tree. Tab gets bamboo pillows in the Sydney shop
Thymelines: Kris Peckerdale’s gallery. Pen Inkersoll sells prints there.
TI.
The Tisdales. A TV programme Kay enjoys in the mid 1980s. The Kissing Ring
TO.
Topsy Investments Run by Lance Brill until its spectacular crash. Taken over by Mac Tilley. Betony Field works there, as did her boyfriend, Jay.
Topsy-Turvy Estate – associated housing where Betony has a second floor flat she used to share with Jay
TR.
Trace fay. A person with a quarter or less fay blood. They may have no idea they’re not fully human.
Trace pixie. A person with a quarter or less pixie blood. They generally don't use pixie dust and don't flush green.
Treborrow. Pisky village where Merryn Pendennis lives. Pisky Business
Tree maid/ tree lad. A fairy associated with trees. Heidi Ash, Sash and Tally Beech are tree maids. Empathetic and sweet-natured. Timbre Merriweather is friends with a tree lad with whom he has an arrangement to milk a cow in exchange for a share of the milk.
Tree rule If someone grows a tree or trees for seven years and no one objects, then that plot of land becomes his or hers by tree rule.
TS.
An t-slighe gaisgeil (the heroes’ road) a causeway between Heather and Bodhran Islands, passable only by a leap of faith at low tide. Betony traverses it with the piper.
TU.
Tulpenmanie. Bart Merriweather’s yacht. Man Overboard
UUU
UN.
Under-caves. Caves under the falls Si Bakewell visits in Wish-Matched
Undertaking The term harvest hobs use for a bedding and, by extension, a relationship
VVV
VA.
Van Dyk Performing and Presentation College of the Arts. College where Honey Bakewell works as a communications officer in 2017. She has a flat there.
VE.
Venus Bath Bar. The soap originally used by Annabel Verhoven The Kissing Ring
VI.
Vinterhester. Fijordfee winter horses.
Violet Veritas The perfume Kay wears in The Kissing Ring. Also worn by Ryl’s music teacher at St Dorothy’s College
VO.
Café Vouch-Safe. Corner Swift Street and Scuttle Lane in London. Run by Ishlene Chancery.
Vouch-Safe. A company offering vouchers for anything from a singing telegram to a honeymoon retreat. These are always mystery vouchers so those who have them never know where they'll be or who they'll see. They are collected and taken home by the Vouch-Safe vehicles - a pale blue car or a van with the logo in dark blue and curtained windows.
UN.
Under-caves. Caves under the falls Si Bakewell visits in Wish-Matched
Undertaking The term harvest hobs use for a bedding and, by extension, a relationship
VVV
VA.
Van Dyk Performing and Presentation College of the Arts. College where Honey Bakewell works as a communications officer in 2017. She has a flat there.
VE.
Venus Bath Bar. The soap originally used by Annabel Verhoven The Kissing Ring
VI.
Vinterhester. Fijordfee winter horses.
Violet Veritas The perfume Kay wears in The Kissing Ring. Also worn by Ryl’s music teacher at St Dorothy’s College
VO.
Café Vouch-Safe. Corner Swift Street and Scuttle Lane in London. Run by Ishlene Chancery.
Vouch-Safe. A company offering vouchers for anything from a singing telegram to a honeymoon retreat. These are always mystery vouchers so those who have them never know where they'll be or who they'll see. They are collected and taken home by the Vouch-Safe vehicles - a pale blue car or a van with the logo in dark blue and curtained windows.
WWW
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Want-you-so. A tropical tree with golden wood that is soft when green and hardens when dry. It is useful for making boats. The trees’ leaves are used for cloth and thatch, and the long, pendulous orange flowers exude nectar. Betony Field sees them on Arrival Island
Warmth, to give warmth...Term for something practised by waterfolk and some others, including Si Bakewell. It’s used to help deeply unhappy people.
The Water Carol; a fay Christmas carol that Yvanne Skipton played for Paris when he gave her the eight reed flute
Waterfolk/ water maid/ water lad. Fairies associated with the rivers, streams and falls. They are attracted by pheromones and love sex. They are happy and generous people, and are pleased to facilitate the use of their waters for other human or fairy lovers.
Wavefire The galleonfee name for phosphorescence around Dawn Island in the Star Pin
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Wedden-choosen; fijordfee ceremony
Wedden-house. A small stone house in Langskipland used by couples at wedden-choosen
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What good may come...Term used in the hob undertaking ritual to imply acceptance of possible pregnancy
WI.
Wish. Wishes can be processed/serviced only under quite strict conditions. Wishes can't be for concrete items or wealth. They are usually for experience or a state of being. In general a wish will be serviced (if at all) by the nearest available fairy who is capable and ethically able to do the service. Thus a monogamous fairy who is already committed can't and won't service a wish for someone truly desiring a one night stand. Wishes can be made by humans, hybrids and fairies. Sometimes they backfire.
Wish-matched / wish-match. If a couple come together in the service of a wish they may be together for more than the day of the wish. If the relationship develops, they are wish-matched.
WO.
Woodlin A drum with three strings attached. A Sylvan instrument. Sam Silver and Tab Merriweather both play one. Oash the sylvan has one which s/he plays with more facility than the others.
WA.
Want-you-so. A tropical tree with golden wood that is soft when green and hardens when dry. It is useful for making boats. The trees’ leaves are used for cloth and thatch, and the long, pendulous orange flowers exude nectar. Betony Field sees them on Arrival Island
Warmth, to give warmth...Term for something practised by waterfolk and some others, including Si Bakewell. It’s used to help deeply unhappy people.
The Water Carol; a fay Christmas carol that Yvanne Skipton played for Paris when he gave her the eight reed flute
Waterfolk/ water maid/ water lad. Fairies associated with the rivers, streams and falls. They are attracted by pheromones and love sex. They are happy and generous people, and are pleased to facilitate the use of their waters for other human or fairy lovers.
Wavefire The galleonfee name for phosphorescence around Dawn Island in the Star Pin
WE.
Wedden-choosen; fijordfee ceremony
Wedden-house. A small stone house in Langskipland used by couples at wedden-choosen
WH
What good may come...Term used in the hob undertaking ritual to imply acceptance of possible pregnancy
WI.
Wish. Wishes can be processed/serviced only under quite strict conditions. Wishes can't be for concrete items or wealth. They are usually for experience or a state of being. In general a wish will be serviced (if at all) by the nearest available fairy who is capable and ethically able to do the service. Thus a monogamous fairy who is already committed can't and won't service a wish for someone truly desiring a one night stand. Wishes can be made by humans, hybrids and fairies. Sometimes they backfire.
Wish-matched / wish-match. If a couple come together in the service of a wish they may be together for more than the day of the wish. If the relationship develops, they are wish-matched.
WO.
Woodlin A drum with three strings attached. A Sylvan instrument. Sam Silver and Tab Merriweather both play one. Oash the sylvan has one which s/he plays with more facility than the others.