Did You Know?:

 

  • Only certain people can see faeries. This gift is called "Faery Sight".
  • All cats have Faery Sight by nature.
  • Cats are very jealous of faeries.
  • If you want to know where the faeries live in your house, follow your cat.
  • If you make a tea of marigold flowers and wash your eyelids with it, you may see faeries.
  • Midsummer Eve, at twilight, is the best time to see faeries.
  • Look for faeries where Oak Trees grow. "Faery folks live in Old Oaks."
  • Unicorns live in apple orchards.
  • Some bad faeries steal babies and relpace them with faery babies. These are called "changelings."
  • Faeries are attracted to bowls of milk. barley,
  • Faeries are very fearful of anything made of iron.
  • Faeries wear clothing made of foxglove flowers. Foxglove is also called "faerie's petticoats".
  • A circle of mushrooms is called a faery circle, a sure sign of faery activity.
  • Sometimes faeries disguise themselves as dragonflies, rabbits, wrens, deer or bees.
  • Yellow butterflies are messengers from Faerieland.
  • A stone with a ring around it is called a faery stone and holds much magic.
  • So is a stone with a hole through it.
  • The Queen of the Faeries is called Queen Maeve, her other names are Mab and Mabd.
  • Sometimes faeries will lead you to be lost. This is called being "pixie-led".

 

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