> Aunty Kreist wrote:

>> On Mar 19, 8:52 am, Alexandra Ceelie notzero.net> wrote:

>>> Aunty Kreist wrote:

>>>> I always thought a Pooka was a black pony with orange eyes...it would
>>>> lure unsuspecting travelers into getting on it's back and then dump
>>>> them into bogs. ;)

>>> Wasn't Harvey a pooka?

>

>>> =^..^=
>>> Xandra

>

>> Oh lordy- I saw that movie when I was a kid and it creeped me the heck
>> out. ;)

>
> :)
>
> I saw the play a few years ago in Greenville's Little Theater. All local
> talent. The cast had a blast with it. The lead was played by a sort of
> Barney Fife/Icabod Crane composite. Not sure if it turned out how they
> really intended, but the overall presentation was funny as hell.
>
> White Wolf's roleplaying game "Changeling" has a different take on the
> pooka. In the game they are a sort mischievous animal (any kind) spirit
> with a human "Seeming". The fae among us, so to speak.
>
> Sometimes I wonder if there might not be more truth than fiction to this
> myth. Voltaire is a perfect visage of a pooka Faun ;)
>
> =^..^=
> Xandra
> (the girl with cat ears hehe)