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Little Gnome Facts

So you think you know about Gnomes and Garden Gnomes in our Pop-Culture? Well did you know that The Gnomes Cricket Club of Australia is famous for playing the game of cricket while dressed like gnomes and consuming ale.

Well, here's some other Little Gnome Facts:

  • Gnomes and children under five are banned from the Royal Horticulture Society Chelsea Flower Show.
  • Christopher Plummer, better known for his portrayal of Captain von Trapp, narrated the English language version of the popular Spanish children’s cartoon “David el Gnomo” or “David the Gnome.”
  • Male gnomes can be easily identified by their red caps.
  • There are three categories of manufactured gnomes:

    1) Worker gnomes, characterized by their possession of tools such as fishing rods, shovels, or hammers
    2) Lesiure gnomes, characterized by design that emphasizes the gnome relaxing in its natural environment or most popularly by a gnome smoking a pipe.
    3) Culture Gnomes, characterized by possession of a musical instrument
  • Gnomes kiss by rubbings noses and also use nose rubbing as a greeting equivalent to human handshaking.
  • Gnomes have a life expectancy of 400 years.
  • Gnomes are peaceful creatures whose primary enemies are unkind humans who destroy the natural environment and trolls.
  • A recent lawn gnome sighting in Argentina has been viewed by nearly one million viewers on YouTube. [See News Story]
  • Gnomes love practical jokes and are notable pranksters.
  • Gnomes are exclusively nocturnal creatures. Although your lawn gnomes may be outside day in and day out, lawn gnomes are only active at night when they like to help humans with gardening and farming tasks.
  • Gnomes are sometimes placed in the rafters of barns to keep an eye on animals and feed stores.
  • In a 1998 South Park episode, lawn gnomes are portrayed as being responsible for the theft of underwear from unsuspecting citizens and are business savvy creatures.
  • “Gnomes of Zurich” is a disparaging term for Swiss bankers who are famous for their secrecy in business dealings.
  • Secrets of the Gnomes style= by Rein Poortvliet and Wil Huygen is considered to be the most comprehensive book about the various species, cultures, and habitats of gnomes.