Conway Mill Trust

The ‘gonconker’ is also called the’love talker’.  He is a solitary fairy, who is the embodiment of love and idleness.  He always smokes a pipe, has no shadow, and the birds always stop singing at his approach.  He seduces young mortal maidens with his twinkling black eyes and enchanting voice.  If they kiss him, they are doomed, for he disappears leaving them to pine until death.