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#Faeries are spirits of wild nature. They fly by means of casting spells, or riding on twigs, straws, stems of ragwort, butterflies or moths.

#folklore #rewilding

There are trees in #Scotland which produce birds. The figures of birds are found in the heartwood of the tree and on the root.
Those birds that fall into water become animated; but those that fall to the ground do not.
The birds themselves make delicate eating. [1535]

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How ten children became fairies

Our Lord (when he walked the earth) approached a cottage in #Carmarthenshire.
Here lived a woman with 20 children. Ashamed, she hid half of them. On His departure, she sought for them in vain. They had become #fairies and disappeared.

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The Irish bean-sighe:

Women fairies attached to certain families. They are heard to sing mournful lamentations by night whenever one of their family is about to die.
Only families of an ancient and noble stock are honoured with this fairy.

#folklore #banshee

The tiny #elves, to whom a cowslip is tall, have a miniature perfection which is charming.

They delight in all beautiful and dainty things, and war with things that creep if they be un-comely.

Their lives are gay with fine frolic and delicate revelry.

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There is no lasting union between humans and faeries.

The seal wife always finds her skin in the end and returns to the sea.

The Gwragedd Annwn [Welsh lake maidens] always leave their husbands.

But sometimes there are children born with #faerie blood in their veins.

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How to stop an 'Oiteag Sluaigh'
(= whirlwind or #faery eddy used by faeries to steal women, children, and animals.)
If you see your loved one being whisked away, throw your LEFT SHOE at the whirlwind.
The faeries will drop their prey.
You'll have saved your child/dog/wife/baby.

A #Shetland #werewolf (who ate fish!).
The Wulver was a creature like a man with a wolf’s head. He had short, brown hair all over him. His home was a cave dug out of a steep knowe [hillock].
He fished from a rock known to this day as the ‘Wulver’s Stane’.

#folklore #Scotland

I've heard fab things about 'Witch', a play by Tracey Norman using authentic English witch-trial transcripts.
It explores the potency of fear, guilt, shame and secrecy.

Performance on May 2nd at the Devon Guild, Bovey Tracey.

https://t.co/RsfnlaXI6n

@DartmoorGal @devonguild

Pilgrims' staffs were made from hazel wood for its quality of magical protection.

A pilgrim was often buried with his or her staff.

#folklore #treelore