There are Scottish Brownies and other folks Brownies.

Scottish Brownies usually work at night. They ask for nothing in return, but are grateful for a wee bowl of creamy milk and perhaps a few oatcakes (unless there's a fish supper, a can of lager or possibly a wee Malt).

Brownies are invisible, hairy brown creatures who become attached to people and places. They can be so affy nice that they have been known to move with families who flit.

But don't offer to pay them, 'cos they will get affy upset and bugger off forever.

Robert Louis Stevenson attributed the ideas for some of his stories, including Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, to Brownies who whispered to him as he slept.

But there are other, less pleasant Brownies:

	Girl Guide Brownie Little human-like female creatures in brown outfits adorned with badly sewn-on embroidered badges. Prone to blackmail under the guise of Bob-A-Job ! Here is a Brownie from the Sultanate of Brunei and her promise. Be afraid, be very afraid !! I promise I will do my best; To do my duty to Allah To serve His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Dipertuan Negara Brunei Darussalam and help other people and To keep the Brownie Guide Law.
	The Brown Nose Brownie Dwarf-like creatures, male, hideously ugly, with big pointed ears, sparse wispy white hair, long hooked nose, lots of warts, teeth like a hundred year old piranha and breath like a badger's bum.
	The Brownie Graveyard Where most Brownies end their days.