The New Student's Reference Work/Puck

Puck or Rob′in Good′fellow, a familiar figure in the fairy world of English folklore, immortalized by Shakespeare in Midsummer Night's Dream. The name really is a generic term for a fairy. Although the Pucks are noted for mischievous tricks, they sometimes perform kindly, domestic functions; are small and dwarf-like in appearance; and are easily propitiated by offerings of cream and kindly epithets. The name Puck was adopted by an illustrated weekly published in New York.