"pooka" meaning in English

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          "text": "The pooka had befriended the kindly old man.",
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          "text": "This is certain; Moggy was by no means so great a fool as Betty in respect of hobgoblins, witches, banshees, pookas, and the world of spirits in general. She eat heartily, and slept soundly, and as yet had never seen the devil.",
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