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The secret lies hid in the pixies' dell.

From The Lost Treasure of Trevlyn A Story of the Days of the Gunpowder Plot by Everett-Green, Evelyn

In gratitude to the "good people," she placed green mantles for their acceptance, and the next night the fairies departed, exclaiming— Now the pixies' work is done!

From Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales A Sequel to the Nursery Rhymes of England by Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard)

With the first light of the dawn, Martha would seek the shelter of Trevlyn Chase, whilst Petronella sought her brother in the pixies' dell.

From The Lost Treasure of Trevlyn A Story of the Days of the Gunpowder Plot by Everett-Green, Evelyn

But it is sweet to heap the hours With quiet dreams and poppy-flowers, Down in the pixies' hollow.

From The Home Book of Verse — Volume 1 by Stevenson, Burton Egbert

Our old nurse used to call funguses pixie stools," said Edith Carey, "and the hollow ones were pixies' baths.

From Monitress Merle by Brazil, Angela