Image Credit: Rien Poortvliet
Woodland (also called forest) gnomes, as their name suggests, live in the forest. They are the oldest variety of gnomes, that all gnome types come from. They tend to look like the classic gnome you probably first think of - red hat, blue shirt, brown or dark green trousers, and a white beard. That is what the males of this variety look. The females wear a green hat (before marriage, with braids sticking out) or a dark grey hat (after marriage, with hair covered by scarf), a pale shirt with red decorations, and a green skirt.
They make their homes in tunnels beneath trees.
A normal woodland gnome breakfast consists of:
- Eggs, from small songbirds
- Mushrooms
- Butter
- Porridge
- Bread
- Ant eggs
- Jam
- Spice cake
Mostly, gnomes do not tend to have lunch, or if they do, it is a small affair of, perhaps, some bread & butter or jam. Their main meal, dinner, includes:
- Mushrooms
- Nuts (hazelnuts, walnuts, beechnuts, etc.)
- Applesauce
- Berries
- Beans
- A small potato
- Preserves
- Vetch (vicia sepium), a high-protein plant