Tag Archives: British fairies
Fairies cross the Mersey: more modern fairy sightings
NIGEL WATSON cast his mind back to 1964 when beings described as ‘leprechauns’ caused chaos on Merseyside: two classic cases of modern fairy sightings. The Beatles were not the only group to send people wild in Liverpool during the summer … Continue reading
Top 5 fairy sites in Britain
JANET BORD continues her selection of the ten most fairy-haunted sites in Britain with her top 5. The Isle of Man is especially rich in fairy-lore, and one place where there have been recent sightings is Glen Auldyn (south-west of … Continue reading
Top 10 Fairy Sites: 10-6
JANET BORD is an expert on British fairylore and and I can heartily recommend her Traveller’s Guide to Fairy Sites (Gothic Image 2004). Janet has prepared a Top 10 of her favourite fairy-haunted sites (although with some difficulty) and I … Continue reading
Who’s that knocking?
Cornish tin miners believed they worked side by side with ‘knockers’, a species of subterranean fairy who could lead them to rich deposits of ore. Continue reading
Were fairies extraterrestrials?
A 19th century fairy sighting from North Wales has parallels with modern UFO encounters Continue reading
The Secret Commonwealth
A 17th century Scottish minister claimed to be on intimate terms with the fairies Continue reading
What are fairies?
An overview of one of the richest aspects of British folklore Continue reading
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