Are faeries real? Exploring Irish lore

[wolram]

http://www.angelfire.com/or/mystifyme/2webfairy10.html

Irish lore

 

[arildno]

What's wrong with that site?
I liked it..

 

[hypatia]

I always give leeway to the realms of the magical world. Now if only the pixies would quit knotting my hair as I sleep :grumpy:

 

[wolram]

I always give leeway to the realms of the magical world. Now if only the pixies would quit knotting my hair as I sleep :grumpy:

Put a silver six pence under your pillow, and the pixies will leave your hair alone.

 

[wolram]

What's wrong with that site?
I liked it..

Well, i love it, some of my best mates are pixies and elves.

 

[hypatia]

Now where would I get a silver six pence from? Would silver spray paint on a copper penny do? hmm more then likely not, I wouldn't want to anger them and wake up with some kind freakish Dolly Parton hairdo.

 

[wolram]

Now where would I get a silver six pence from? Would silver spray paint on a copper penny do? hmm more then likely not, I wouldn't want to anger them and wake up with some kind freakish Dolly Parton hairdo.

That is true, no way can you fool the little people, if you try you may end up in all sorts of trouble, a six pence is about all they can carry, so anything silver that size will do.

 

[hypatia]

My dog is a Welsh Corgi the steed of the fae, who depended on there bravery in the great faery wars. Funny, I often find her sitting in my flower bed. And I think she must be having a chat with old friends.

 

[wolram]

Hmmm, i not sure but you may be Onagh, in a different guise, and your
kind have come to take you back, keep away from flowers that your dog
is attracted to, and you can stay human for awhile

 

[hypatia]

Well if I suddenly stop posting here, you, and you alone will know why.

 

[wolram]

Well if I suddenly stop posting here, you, and you alone will know why.

Aww bye, bye Hypatia.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

There are plenty of links to lore and legend in the Myth and Mystics Napster, in S&D,
https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=5196
to which I am adding Wolram's link.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

...and, of course, one can't help but wonder a just a little...?

"Hobbit" Discovered
https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=50063&highlight=Hobbits

 

[Ivan Seeking]

...and......not only is this commonly reported among the locals, but one of the scientists leading this research states flatly that one of her collegues reports a direct sighting of a living hobbit. This is in the interview on the NGC special that first aired about a year after the story broke. I think there is a link to the NGC in the Biology thread...if not, a simple search should lead to a video, or at least the next airing of the story.


AFAIK, there have been no other recent little foot sightings.

 

[wolram]

...and......not only is this commonly reported among the locals, but one of the scientists leading this research states flatly that one of her collegues reports a direct sighting of a living hobbit. This is in the interview on the NGC special that first aired about a year after the story broke. I think there is a link to the NGC in the Biology thread...if not, a simple search should lead to a video, or at least the next airing of the story.


AFAIK, there have been no other recent little foot sightings.

When visiting relatives in Ireland we often saw the little people, the strange
thing is we only saw them after a night at the local, i think guiness must
sharpen the vision

 

[Ivan Seeking]

When visiting relatives in Ireland we often saw the little people, the strange
thing is we only saw them after a night at the local, i think guiness must
sharpen the vision

I couldn't help but wonder if the researcher didn't get caught up in the thrill of the discovery. But there is this nagging detail: The locals reported occasional sightings of living hobbits long before we discovered that they really did exist.