Welcome to my Faerie Garden
Fairies
Rose Fyleman
There are fairies at the bottom of our garden!
It's not so very, very far away;
You pass the gardener's shed and you
just keep straight ahead-
I do so hope they've really come to stay.
There's a little wood, with moss in it and beetles,
And a little stream that quietly runs through;
You wouldn't think they's dare to come
merry-making there--
Well, they do.
There are fairies at the bottom of our garden!
They often have a dance on summernights;
The butterflies and bees make a lovely little breeze,
And the rabbits stand about and hold the lights.
Did you know that they could sit upon the moonbeams
And pick a little star to make a fan,
And dance away up there in the middle of the air?
Well, they can.
There are fairies at the bottom of our garden!
You cannot think how beautiful they are;
They all stand up and sing when the Fairy Queen and King
come gently floating down upon their car.
The King is very proud and very handsome;
The Queen-now can you guess who that could be
(She's a little girl all day, but at night she steals away?)
Well- it's ME!
Fairy Plants
Bluebells: Fairies are summoned to their midnight Primroses: Primroses are one key into fairyland. Fern: Pixie fairies are especially fond of ferns.
Foxglove: The name "foxglove" came from the words
Mushrooms:Used by fairies as tables and stools.
Ragwort, cabbage stalks, grass and straw:All
Saffron Crocus:The stamens from this fall
Plants That Break Fairy Spells
Four-Leaf-Clover:It has the power to break
Thyme:Drinking a potion of thyme is supposed
Calendula:Also this plant when eaten enables
St. John's Wort:This healing herb can be English Daisy:When a chain of Englis Daisies
revels and dances by the ringing of these tiny flowers.
There is a German legend about a little girl who
found a doorway covered in flowers, and when she
touched it with a primrose, the door opened up,
leading into an enchanted fairy castle.
One story tells of a young woman who accidentally
sat on a fern, and instantly a fairy man appeared
and forced her to promise to watch over his fairy
son and remain in fairyland for a year and a day
"folk's gloves." Folks referred to little people
or fairies. One legend says that fairies gave the
blossoms to foxes to wear as gloves so they would
not get caught raiding the chicken coop. Another
legend is if you pick foxglove, you would offend
the fairies. And if the fairies stole your baby,
the juice of the foxglove would help to get it
back. In some stories, foxglove appears as a fairy's
hat. Foxglove can sometimes heal and sometimes hurt.
It is a poisonous plant, but it is also used as a
medicine to treat heart disease.
The species Amanita is the red and white mushrooms
and are very poisonous.
of these were used by fairies for transportation in
in the same manner a witch uses a broom.
flowering crocus constitute the herb saffron. Any
food prepared with saffron is a favorite fairy food.
Saffron used as a dye will turn cloth royal gold.
Such cloth is very valuable to fairies.
fairy spells and, if carried in one's hat, allows
one to see invisible fairies.
to enable a person to see fairies, while at the
same time protecting them from fairy mischief.
a person to see invisible fairies.
used to break fairy spells and cure illness caused
by fairy darts. In some stories, however, the
plant is sacred to fairies and should never be
stepped on.
are worn arond the neck, it will protect children
from fairy mischief.
