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FaerieTrees
Many trees are the haunts of Faerie. Humans foolish enough to pass by a host-tree late at night find their arms bruised or pinched by small faerie fingers. Three Thorn trees growing closely together at an acute angle are especially potent and should be approached warily if at all. Or on the other hand, Thorn tree branches can be hung with ribbons and even rags as propitiating gifts for the faeries.

Other trees most favoured by the faeries are the Blackthorn, Hazel, Alder, Elder and Oak. Elementals and strange creatures haunt these trees, especially if twisted together; two Thorns and an Elder are thought to be a particularly dangerous combination. So are Oak, Ash and Thorn. In general, however, one should beware faerie trees for they are fiercely protected. As with all things faerie, one must approach the benefits with caution.

The ROWAN tree is also considered effective against bad spirits:
‘Rowan tree, red thraid, Put the Witches to their speed.’
Rowan wood was used to make butter churns to ensure the butter was not ‘overlooked’ by faeries or witches. bewitched horses can always be controlled by a Rowan whip. The ‘Flying Rowan’- that is, a tree growing with its roots not in the ground (in a creft in a rock, or in the branches of another tree) is considered the most efficacious.
Among Druids, the Rowan had an important oracular use. Fires of the wood were used to conjure up spirits who could be forced to answer questions when Rowanberries were spread on the newly flayed hides of bulls.
–Excerpt from FAERIES

FaerieFlora
WILD THYME Bees, which are considered to be messengers of the gods, have a particular fondness for this blossom. ‘To see the Fayries’ a brew must be concocted including Wild Thyme ‘the tops of which must be gathered near the side of a hill where the fayries use to be oft, and the grass of a fayrie throne’. Like other flowers that are the favorites of Faerie, Wild Thyme is dangerous to bring into the house.

ST. JOHN’S WORT is even more efficacious against spells for it provides actual protection from faeries. The St. John’s Wort, being a sun symbol like the daisy, was used extensively in Midsummer pagan festivals, and is both a powerful protection and a healing plant.

PRIMROSES boast a unique power- they make the invisible visible and to eat them is a sure way to see faeries. If one touches a faerie rock with the correct number of primroses in a posy the way is opened to faerieland and faerie gifts, but the wrong number opens the door to doom…

The four leaf CLOVER will break a faerie spell.
–Excerpt from FAERIES

Pixies
The Pixie, also variously known as Pisgie, piskie, pigsey, of Cornwall, is based in the district of Dartmoor…. There’s hardly a place on Dartmoor that is not haunted by the green mischievous creatures. They have lent their name to many landmarks, Pixie’s Holt, Pixie’s Cave, Pixie’s Parlour, Puggie Stone (the word Puggie has the same derivation as Puck). They dance in the shadows of the standing stones, or gambol on the tumbling stream edges. Their bells can be heard deep in the heart of the many tors on the moor.

If thou’rt of air let grey mist fold thee,
if of earth let the swart mine hold thee,
if a Pixie sink thy [faerie] ring,
if a Nixie seek thy spring.
WALTER SCOTT
Pixies often take the form of hedgehogs, known in dislect as urchins.

The mischievous Pixies delight in stealing horses and Dartmoor ponies at night to ride them wildly across the moor, twisting and knotting their manes to spur them on. Even in the house one is not safe from them, for they like to throw pots and pans after kitchen girls.

To be misled by faeries, whether by light or night, or a subtle changing of landmarks and features by day, is described as being PIXIE-LED.
In Ireland this ‘mis-leading’ is attributed to a faerie fuft of grass or stray sod which when trodden on triggers a spell. Under its influence, a usual experience when trying to cross a field is to discover that a stiled exit which may have been clearly visible on entering, has suddenly disappeared; and no amount of systematic searching of the surrounding hedges will reveal its whereabouts. In other cases a walker might abruptly find himself heading in a totally different direction to the way he wishes to go and no amount of re-alignment of his course seems to put this right. The spell may be counteracted by the traditional method of turning one’s coat inside out and wearing it this way.
–Excerpt from FAERIES

Goblins
Goblins are a breed of small, swarthy, malicious beings- although ‘goblin’ as a term is often used as a general name for the uglier inhabitants of Faerie. They sometimes appear in the shape of animals which appropriately reflects their bestial nature. They are the thieves and villains of Faerie, companions to the dead, especially on Halloween:

In that thrice hallow’d Eve abroad,
When Ghosts, as Cottage-Maids believe,
Their pebbled Beds permitted leave,
And Goblins haunt from Fire or Fen,
Or Mine, of Flood, the Walks of Men!

More than this, goblins are tempters, often using forbidden Faerie fruits to lure victims to their doom:

We must not look at goblin men,
We must not buy their fruits;
Who knows upon what soil they fed,
Their hungry thirsty roots?
Goblin Market
CHRISTINA GIORGINA ROSSETTI
Not all goblins are inherently evil. The mine dwelling goblins are generally benign towards man.
The Knockers who inhabit Cornish and Devon tin mines make the knocking noises that gave them their name to indicate rich veins of ore. They are generally friendly towards the miners although they enjoy making mischief. The Knocker is an exhibitionist and enjoys nothing more than teasing miners by pulling his already ugly face into even more horrible grimaces and performing grotesque dances. A small piece of the miner’s traditional underground meal, the pastie, should be left for the Knockers or they will be angry and bring ill luck.
Whistling and swearing also annoy them and are rewarded with a shower of harmless faerie stones. Knockers are still active in the hundreds of abandoned Cornish tin mines waiting to lead an enterprising miner to a hidden wealthy lode. However, the Knockers in an old mine at Chaw Gully, Dartmoor, are zealous guardians of their mine. Rich veins of tin and gold are said to be hidden in the mine’s depths. High on a rocky point above the mine sit dark birds, silent and watching. If anyone should be intrepid enough to lower himself by rope into the black shaft, halfway down the birds croak, rasp a warning and a knife in a scrawny hand cuts the rope as well as the thread of life. Then the body is found neatly out at the top the following day.
–Excerpt from FAERIES

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