The house spirit in Scottish superstition He is called in England Robin Goodfellow At night he is supposed to busy himself in doing little jobs for the family over which he presides Farms are his favourite abode Brownies are brown or tawny spirits, in opposition to fairies, which are fair or elegant ones (See Fairies ) It is not long since every family of considerable substance was haunted by a spirit they called Browny, which did several sorts of work and this was the reason why they gave him offerings on what they called `Browny's stone ' - Martin: Scotland
The Brownies is a junior version of the Girl Guides in Britain for girls between the ages of seven and ten, or of the Girl Scouts in the United States for girls between the ages of six and eight. A Brownie is a girl who is a member of the Brownies. a thick flat chocolate cake
An imaginary good- natured spirit, who was supposed often to perform important services around the house by night, such as thrashing, churning, sweeping