Lazy Laurence
nature_spirit forest English folklore single tradition · 1
Lazy Laurence is a pixie and nature spirit in English folklore who inhabits the New Forest area of Hampshire and Dorset. He is traditionally associated with the protection of orchards and of cider, and known to send people to sleep beneath fruit trees, make them lazy, make them dither, or to give them stomach cramps.
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- co occurs with
- Cold Pixies
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wikipedia (1)
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“The earthwork where Lazy Laurence is traditionally believed to reside, Laurence's Barrow, is a small bell barrow situated on Beaulieu Heath, near to two other barrows (Watt's Parlour and Cold Pixies' Cave) which also have pixie associations in the local folklore.”
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