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Joan the Wad
Joan the Wad is a mythological character in Cornish folklore. She is the Queen of the Pixies (or Piskeys), which are fictional tiny creatures usually associated with the counties of Cornwall and Devon in England.
''Wad'' is an Eastern Cornwall colloquial term for torch or bundle of straw.〔
==Folklore==
Joan the Wad has been associated with Jack o' the Lantern, the King of the Pixies.〔 The two may also be considered will-o'-the-wisp type characters who lead travelers astray on lonely moors, hence the rhyme:〔
Jack-the-lantern, Joan-the-wad,
That tickled the maid and made her mad,
Light me home, the weather's bad.〔〔
However, Joan is also thought use her Wad (Torch) to light the way to safety and good luck, as another rhyme says, "Good fortune will nod, if you carry upon you Joan the Wad".〔〔
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