Brownie

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~ BROWNIE  id+ | LITTLE GIRLS SELLING COOKIES | 
           id+ | GNOME or "LITTLE PEOPLE"| 
  myth> BROWNIES WERE "LITTLE PEOPLE" or GNOMES 
        or HOODED FAIRIES or "BROWNIES" WHO 
  ATTACHED THEM SELVES TO A HOUSEHOLD TO BRING 
  TO THE DWELLERS GOOD LUCK   
  akin to the ROMAN HOME PROTECTING SPIRITS or 
  in Egypt see> BETH 
  hx> "BROWNIE" WAS A TERM ADOPTED TO DESCRIBE 
      THE YOUNGEST GIRLS SCOUTS WHO BEING TOO YOUNG 
  DID NOT QUALIFY TO JOIN AND GET A GREEN UNIFORM 
  AND INSTEAD WERE OFFERED A BROWN UNIFORM TO 
  SELL COOKIES THAT WITH TIME BECAME KNOWN AS 
  "BROWNIE" COOKIES nowadays REDUCED TO MOSTLY 
  BORING UNINSPIRED COMMERCIAL COOKIES OF INCREASINGLY 
  LIMITED VARIETY 
  note other "SMALL PEOPLE"