~*Fairies and Thier Favorite Plants*~
Foxglove
Name is derived from "Little Folks' Glove". Florets are worn by Faeries
as hats and gloves.
Primroses
Make the invisible visible. Eating them lets you see Faeries. If one
touches a Faerie rock with the correct number of primroses in a posy,
the way to faerieland and Faerie gifts is made clear. The wrong number
means certain doom.
Ragwort
Used as makeshift horses by the Faerie.
Wild Thyme
Part of a recipe for a brew to make one see the Faeries. The tops of the
Wild Thyme must be gathered near the side of a Faerie hill.
Cowslips
These are loved and protected by the Faeries. They help one to find
hidden Faerie gold.
Pansies
the flower that was used as a love potion by Oberon, a Faerie king
thought to have been invented by Shakespeare.
Bluebell
One who hears a bluebell ring will soon die. A field of bluebells is
especially dangerous, as it is intricately interwoven with Faerie
enchantments.
Clover
A four-leafed one may be used to break a Faerie spell.
St. John's Wort
Has a calming effect, used when stress is overwhelming. Helps break
spells as well.
Hazel
Celtic legend says it is the receptacle of knowledge; the hazelnut is a
symbol of fertility in England.
White Oak Bark
Cleanses and tones entire alimentary canal (tract that food passes
through from ingestion to elimination), excellent astringent. Good for
external and internal hemorrhage - bleeding in stomach, lungs, rectum.
Rowan
Protects against bad spirits. Used in butter churns so that the butter
would not be overlooked by Faeries. Bewitched horses may be controlled
by a rowan whip. Druids used rowan wood for fires with which they called
up spirits whom could be forced to answer questions when rowanberries
were spread over the flayed hides of bulls.
Buckthorn
Made from bark, aids liver congestion, helps to carry blood and liver
toxins out of the body. Good for gall stones, lead poisoning.
Oak
Oakmen are created when a felled oak stump sends up shoots. One should
never take food offered by them since it is poisonous.
Willow
At night they uproot themselves and stalk travelers, muttering at them.
Elder
Sometimes is a witch disguised as a tree. Never lay a baby in an
elderwood cradle or the Faeries will pinch them so they bruise. Burning
elder wood is dangerous since it invites the Devil.
Birch
If the spirit of the birch tree (The One With the White Hand) touches a
head it leaves a white mark and the person turns insane. If it touches a
heart, the person will die.
Alder
Protected by water spirits.
Apple
To ensure good harvests, leave the last apple of your crop for the
Apple-Tree-Man.
Ash
Druids wands were made of ash twigs. It also has healing properties.
Weak-limbed children were passed through split ash trees which were then
bound up. If the tree grew straight, the child would as well. Also may
be used as a substitute for Rowan.
Toadstools
Some have poisonous hallucinogenic properties. The Vikings ate it and
gain their reputations as berkerkers. In Celtic lore, they are among the
food of the gods, as with many red plants. Some toadstools associated
with the Faerie are Fly Agaric, Yellow Fairy Club, Slender Elf Cap, Dune
Pixie-Hood, and Dryad's Saddle.
Fairy Ring Mushroom
Marks the boundaries of Faerie rings.
~*Fairy Lands?*~
The Faerie are from the Celtic-myths, nature spirits brought to life by
the essence that they represent. You'll find Faerie almost everywhere.
There are many kinds of faeriekith as from the Celtic-mythology. As in
all things there are good and bad Faeries...but mostly good.
Pembrokshire Coast
The Welsh thought it to be an invisible island in the
Irish Channel just off this coast
Laugharne and Milford Haven the Faerie are reported to frequent these
markets.
Hollow Hills
Ancient forts, barrows, and earthworks. May raise itself up
on pillars at night during Lammas Tide (August 7). King Arthur may have
been buried in one.
Silbury Hill
Wiltshire King Sil in his golden armor was buried here
atop his horse
Castle Neroche in Somerset
Faeries defended their hill from gold
seekers by instilling the miners with a fierce panic and they all died
within a month of the attempt.
Orkney and Trow warned a farmer there not to dig in a certain mound. The
warning was ignored and the farmer lost his cattle and family.
Faerie Rings
Faeries dance in circles and their music lures humans to
them. Once inside, a human cannot escape unless a human chain from the
outside is formed to pull him/her out. Inside, what seems like a couple
minutes could actually be several days.
Gump Hill near Cornwall
Reported to be a popular Faerie meeting place
Faerie Islands elusive islands where all is happiness, it is always
Spring, and no one ages or falls ill. Some float, some are underwater
and only come up at night, some are only visible every so often. Among
the best known are the Isles of the Blest (a/k/a Fortunate Islands), Tir
Nan Og (the Land of the Young), Tirfo Thuinn (the Land Under the Waves),
Tire Nam Beo (Land of the Living), Tirn Aill (the Other World), Mag Mor
(the Great Plain), Mag Mell (the Pleasant Plain), and Tir Tairngire (the
Plain of Happiness).
Chaw Gully
Dartmoor The Knockers here are very protective of their
mine. Anyone trespassing will be killed when a Knocker cuts the rope and
the trespasser falls down the mining shaft. The body is always found the
next day neatly laid out at the entrance.
Parish of Bodfari
Denbighshire A group of Coblynau were once seen
dancing in a field there, dressed as British soldiers with handkerchiefs
(red with yellow spots) on their heads.
Fincastle Mill
It was so haunted no one ever set foot there after dark.
One girl who dared to had to defend herself from a leering Brownie who
years later killed her by throwing a stool at her.
Knockma Hill
Under Knockma Hill is King Firvarra's palace. He still
holds court there as the leader of the leader of the Daoine Sidhe.
~*Fairy Superstition*~
Bells
They are used as protection against faeries and evil spirits. But
faeries also use bells. They are commonly used in faerie rades on the
harnesses of their horses.
Ill Health
Stroke - actually has its roots in faerie superstition, shortened from
"faerie stroke" or "elf stroke." It comes from an elf who strikes a
human, then invisibly carried them off while a stock kept their place.
Rheumatism
Slipped discs
Deformations
Paralysis - caused by the "invisible presence of a faerie market"
Cramps - punishment for annoying faeries
Unexplained bruises - caused by pinching faeries
Consumption - aka tuberculosis, has many causes: one being a broken
heart
Problems with childbirth - faeries may be blamed, as they are also
fertility spirits
Skin diseases - impetigo and lice
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