The Fairy hillock might be passed by the strangers without suspicion of its being tenanted, and cattle were pastured on it unmolested by the “good people.” There is, however, a common story in the Western Isles that a person was tethering his horse or cow for the night on a green _tolman_ when a head appeared out of the ground, and told him to tether the beast somewhere else, as he let rain into “their” house, and had nearly driven the tether-pin into the ear of one of the inmates. Another, who was in the habit of pouring out dirty water at the door, was told by the Fairies to pour it elsewhere, as he was spoiling their furniture. He shifted the door to the back of the house, and prospered ever after. The Fairies were very grateful to any one who kept the shï-en clean, and swept away cow or horse-droppings falling on it. Finding a farmer careful of the roof of their dwelling, keeping it clean, and not breaking the sward with tether-pin or spade, they showed their thankfulness by driving his horses and cattle to the sheltered side of the mound when the night proved stormy. Many believe the Fairies themselves swept the hillock every night, so that in the morning its surface was spotless. _Brugh_ (brŭ) denotes the Fairy dwelling viewed as it were from the inside—the interiors—but is often used interchangeably with _sìthein_. It is probably the same word as burgh, borough, or bro’, and its reference is to the _number_ of inmates in the Fairy dwelling.[6] FAIRY DRESSES. The Fairies, both Celtic and Teutonic, are dressed in green. In Skye, however, though Fairy women, as elsewhere, are always dressed in that colour, the men wear clothes of any colour like their human neighbours. They are frequently called _daoine beaga ruadh_, “little red men,” from their clothes having the appearance of being dyed with the lichen called _crotal_, a common colour of men’s clothes, in the North Hebrides. The coats of Fairy women are shaggy, or ruffled (_caiteineach_), and their caps curiously fitted or wrinkled. The men are said, but not commonly, to have _blue_ bonnets, and in the song to the murdered Elfin lover, the Elf is said to have a hat bearing “a smell of honied apples.” This is perhaps the only Highland instance of a hat, which is a prominent object in the Teutonic superstition, being ascribed to the Fairies. THE DEFECTS OF FAIRIES.