WelCoME !

... you have travelled far to be with us today... we welcome you


and offer you some sustenance as you take your time to look around
and we hope you enjoy your month in Faery Land...

wishing

I keep three wishes ready,
Lest I should chance to meet,
Any day a fairy
Coming down the street.

I'd hate to have stammer,
Or have to think them out,
For it's very hard to think things up
When a fairy is about.

And I'd hate to lose my wishes,
For fairies fly away,
And perhaps I'd never chance
On any other day.

So I keep three wishes ready,
Lest I should chance to meet,
Any day a fairy
Coming down the street.

By Anette Wynne

**From blowing dandelion seeds into the air to throwing a penny into a fountain, we have all felt inspired to make a wish, to whisper our secret desires into the ears of the universe and wait for signs that we have been heard. Some wishes come true while others remain ethereal visions that either stay with us or fade like a start in the light of morning. Whether they come true or not, wishes are important missives, expressing our heart’s desire as well as our intention to create something new in our lives. When we wish for something our consciousness opens to receiving it, like a flower unfolding its petals to receive a bee.

If you have given up wishing in favour of more adult pursuits you might want to bring its magick back into your life. The next time you see the first star of the evening or find yourself in front of a birthday cake covered in flaming candles give yourself the gift of the magickal realm that you knew so well as a child – close your eyes, open your mind and make your wish ***

found on the internet, author unknown to me.

Brownies

Brownies are the best known of the industrious domestic hobgoblins. The brownie's land is over all the North of England and up into the highlands of Scotland. The brownie is small, ragged and shaggy. Some say he has a nose so small as to be hardly more than two nostrils. He is willing to do all odd jobs about a house, but sometimes he untidies what he has been left to tidy. There are several stories of brownies riding to fetch the nurse for their mistress. The brownie can accept no payment, and the surest way to drive him away is to leave him a suit of clothes. Bread and milk and other dainties can be left unobtrusively, but even they must not be openly offered. The Cornish Browney is of the same nature. His special office is to get the bees to settle. When the bees swarm the housewife beats a tin, and calls out: 'Browney! Browney!' until the brownie comes invisibly to take charge

Yule time

of course if this blog only opens the months of Midsummer, we will miss lots of faery lore about Yule time... so here are a few faery notes for those who are in the Yule time....

Holly ~ Holly berries are said to be a fairy favourite

Mistletoe - The most sacred herb of the Druids. Mistletoe is a magickal activator. In Faery spells, use a dash of Mistletoe taken on Summer Solstice to empower your workings with Faery magick. Adding mistletoe to a fairy spell on Midsummer Night's Eve makes the spell more powerful. Can also attract unpleasant tree faeries

* Hang little bells on the Yule Tree to call the spirits and fairies

Midsummer Magick.....

In folklore it is believed that the Summer Solstice in particularly Midsummer's Eve is a time when Faeries would bestow goodluck on humans. Field and forest elves, sprites, and fairies abound in great numbers - making this a great time to commune with them. An old ritual for children was to place food out in the garden for the Faeries who would then sometimes leave crystals as token of thanks. Leaving out a little food for the fairies is also common practice at Midsummer. Milk, water, butter, honey, wine and bread are their favoured foods.

faeries in Australia??

even though it says otherwise.. I believe that they do. yes indeed! go here to read about them, just click on the Gumnut babies and they will take you away.....:

FoXgLovE

Name is derived from "Little Folks' Glove". Folk names for foxglove include Fairy Thimbles, Fairy Glove, Little folks glove, Fairy Fingers, Fairy Petticoats, Fairy Cap. Some have seen the fairy dwellers within, and in their fear have given the flower strange folk names, for it is called Fairy Weed, Dead Men's Bellows, Bloody Man's Fingers and Witch's Thimble.
Foxglove is strongly associated with fairies, who are said to wear the tiny flowers as hats and gloves. Foxglove is used in fairy magic and for the evocation of elves or earth elementals. The leaves are said to grant release from fairy enchantment. Planting foxglove is an invitation to fairies to enter your garden and is a favourite of earth elementals You will please the fairy folk if you grow the tall foxglove to nod in your garden. Fairies care for every flower and herb, but they find the foxglove especially hospitable.
Wearing foxglove is a charm to attract fairy energy. A few of the leaves and flowers of the foxglove, sparsely scattered, will bring a sweet moodiness to your bath time which can do no harm. Put a dried sprig of Foxglove in a talisman to keep you surrounded in Faery light. Plant Foxglove near your front door to invite the Faery in.
There is a poison in the plant which cause drunkenness and frenzy, so decline foxglove tea for it is sinister. The source of the modern heart drug Digitalis, Foxglove can have seriously dangerous results if taken internally. DO NOT INGEST!!

Faery Charm Bags

these charm bags are made to establish or maintain an energy connection with the Fae, create the pouch and hang from a tree in the yard, a fence post, or place somewhere indoors. They can attract Faeries to dwell in and protect yard and/or home; or help you to gain a Faery companion, to help you seek Faerie aid in magic or for you to dream of Faeries

Materials:

lavender and vervain herbs; lavender fabric cut in a 6 inch square, small moonstone or fluorite, pale green or pale lavender ribbon, any decorative items such as feathers, holey stones, shells, etc. to adorn the outside of the bag.

put the herbs and stone in the center of the cloth. Gather up ends of cloth and tie bag shut with ribbon. Create a loop with which to hang the bag from a tree branch, knot the ribbon 3 times and add any decorative items to dangle from ribbon

Activate the Fairy Charm Bag:

store in a dark place until Full Moon, then place the pouch in the light of the Full Moon .. and say these words:

"Come to me Blessed Fair Ones,

By the light of thy Faerie Moon!

Bless this charm and grant my boon!

With this Charm may ye ever abide in friendship with me,

for as this I will,

So Mote It Be!"

let the pouch stay in the moonlight 1 hour, then place where desired

a candle for the fae ~ Full Moon

To be done on Full Moon, light a light blue or silver candle and say:

"A candle for the folk of Faerie,
An honour on this full moon night.
Come and play a dance merry,
and bring with thee the sight.
What I ask will thee show?
Without rhyme or spell?
When I peak into the flame
Will thee the future tell?"

Ask a question if you wish and then look at the candle flame and notice its shape, any shadows it casts on the walls or any images or feelings. This will be your answer from the fae.

By Bry FairRaven

The Child and the Faeries

The woods are full of faeries!
The trees are all alive;
The river overflows with them,
See how they dip and dive!
What funny little fellows!
What dainty little dears!
They dance and leap,
and prance and peep,
And utter fairy cheers!
I'd like to tame a fairy,
To keep it on a shelf,
And dress its little self.
I'd teach it pretty manners,
It always should say "please",
And then you know I'd make it sew,
And curtsey with its knees!

Author Unknown

Faery 'Wine'

1 1/2 cups of milk per serving
1 tsp. of honey
1/8th tsp. of vanilla extract
cinnamon

Warm the milk, be careful not to let it boil. Add honey and vanilla to each glass or mug.

Sprinkle cinnamon on top.

to see faeries ~ wild Thyme

*Gather wild thyme and carry it with you, or put it on the eyelids (with your eyes closed) and sleep on a Faerie hill, this will supposedly guarantee your seeing fairies.

*The tops of the Wild Thyme must be gathered near the side of a faerie hill. Wild thyme, gathered from the side of a fairy mound, is especially potent for use in fairy magic.

*Wearing thyme will increase your ability to see the Sidhe.

*Sprinkle it at the base of your door, and on windowsills to invite the Faery to enter your home.

*When used as a bedtime fragrance, thyme draws the wee folk into your sleeping chambers.

*Wearing a sprig of wild thyme, or essential oil of thyme, is said to help one to see fairies.

Buttercup

This flower and its Faerie bring healing energies. They help us rediscover our self worth. This faerie is so compassionate and so empathetic towards humans that it will help you come to know your own special gifts and how to apply them in this lifetime. This flower and this faerie bring tremendous healing energies and great understanding of the human condition. Because of this, they are beneficial in helping us rediscover our self-worth. They can shed light on opening to new opportunities and new life directions.

*who hasn't held a buttercup under thcir chin and asking 'if you love butter'. If the yellow color was reflected on the chin that meant the person liked butter

and for a little more magick today go and hear the Buttercup faery song... turn your sound up cause they sing so softly !! enjoy.......Song of the Buttercup Faery

Faery sugar

3 cups fine white sugar
1 tablespoon Vanilla extract (the good stuff)
1/8 teaspoon red food coloring
Glass container

Lay sugar on wax paper & sprinkle on the Vanilla; stir into the sugar till all mixed in.

Next sprinkle on the red food coloring and also incorporate in till sugar turns *Faery pink*.

Save in glass container, making sure that you label it *Faery Sugar*;

you can now use this special treat in the recipe above & for Faery cookies, cakes and offerings to the Fae.

You can eat some your self, but remember the recipe is a secret!

(Barbara Morris)

LilAc

Although technically a tree, the blossoms of the lilac are filled with faerie and elf activity. The flower is fragrant and powerful, and as you learn to attune to the nature spirits associated with it, you will find the fragrance also has a musical harmony to it. The sweet scent is said to draw Fae spirits to your garden. These faeries can help harmonize our life and activate greater clairvoyance. They also can reveal to you past lives and how they are harmonized with your present. Lilac and primroses for midsummer’s eve will please the Fae.....

Midsummer

Midsummer Night's Eve is supposed to be a good time to commune with field and forest sprites and faeries. The faeries abound at this time and it is customary to leave offerings - such as food or herbs - for them in the evening.

Midsummer's Eve at midnight, Midsummer's Day at dawn and Midsummer noon are prime times to collect plants sacred to the sun or special to the fey.
Midsummer is a fey time, both by tradition and observation. The scent of the air is thick, green and juicy; it's lost its spring astringency and is simply lush. The whole world is stretching its limbs and frolicking. The fey are big on that. Especially for charms of love, gardening and magickal abilities, the fey are a great help in herb collecting. In exchange, they like gifts of milk and honey, cookies, sweet liqueurs, or any sweet food, drink or liquor. They also like baubles, particularly pretty or shiny. Or cold hard cash -- but in coin, not paper, and it's best if shiny.

To stay in good with the fey and the herbs you collect from, leave enough of the plant or other plants of the type that the herb survives in the spot collected from. Remember too to always ask the plant before taking a cutting, and to wait for an answer.

Fey charms: To see the fey, pick flowers from a patch of wild thyme where the little folk live and place the flowers on your eyes. A four-leafed clover not only grants you a wish but also, carried in your pocket or a charm, gives you the power to see fairies dancing in rings. A good place to look is by oaks, said in Germany to be a favourite place for fey dances. To penetrate fey glamour, make and wear an ointment including four leaved clovers.

St. John's wort, also known as ragwort, has a strong connection to the fey and transportation. You might add it to charms to travel quickly. The Irish call the plant the fairy's horse, and the fey are said to ride it through the air. But beware: The Manx say if you step on a ragwort plant on Midsummer's Eve after sunset, a fairy horse springs out of the earth and carries you off till sunrise, leaving you wherever you happen to be when the sun comes up.

(various authors - unknown to me)

summer solstice fun...

In the Northern Hemisphere, Summer Solstice this year, falls on June 21, just after midnight in the UK.... here is a little fun thing to do....

Your fairy is called Fire Rainbowfilter

She is a fortune bringer.

She lives where fireflies mate and breed.

She is only seen on midsummer's eve.

Her dresses glow with fiery colours. She has multicoloured wings like a butterfly.

Get your free fairy name here!

The Fairy Tulips - An English Folk Tale

Once upon a time there was a good old woman who lived in a little house. She had in her garden a bed of beautiful striped tulips.

One night she was wakened by the sounds of sweet singing and of babies laughing. She looked out at the window. The sounds seemed to come from the tulip bed, but she could see nothing.

The next morning she walked among her flowers, but there were no signs of any one having been there the night before.

On the following night she was again wakened by sweet singing and babies laughing. She rose and stole softly through her garden. The moon was shining brightly on the tulip bed, and the flowers were swaying to and fro. The old woman looked closely and she saw, standing by each tulip, a little Fairy mother who was crooning and rocking the flower like a cradle, while in each tulip-cup lay a little Fairy baby laughing and playing.

The good old woman stole quietly back to her house, and from that time on she never picked a tulip, nor did she allow her neighbors to touch the flowers.

The tulips grew daily brighter in color and larger in size, and they gave out a delicious perfume like that of roses. They began, too, to bloom all the year round. And every night the little Fairy mothers caressed their babies and rocked them to sleep in the flower-cups.

The day came when the good old woman died, and the tulip-bed was torn up by folks who did not know about the Fairies, and parsley was planted there instead of the flowers. But the parsley withered, and so did all the other plants in the garden, and from that time nothing would grow there.

But the good old woman's grave grew beautiful, for the Fairies sang above it, and kept it green; while on the grave and all around it there sprang up tulips, daffodils, and violets, and other lovely flowers of spring.

I'd Love to be A Fairy's Child

Children born of fairy stock
Never need for shirt or frock,
Never want for food or fire,
Always get their hearts desire:
Jingle pockets full of gold,
Marry when they're seven years old.
Every fairy child may keep
Two ponies and ten sheep;
All have houses, each his own,
Built of brick or granite stone;
They live on cherries, they run wild--
I'd love to be a Fairy's child.

Robert Graves

Daisy

in honour of my gorgeous friend...

Daisy [Venus & The Sun]:The daisy is a favorite of Dryads {wood nymphs}. This flower is drawing to all faeries, elves and nature spirits. Where it is found, nature spirits will also be found. It is one of the best flowers to work with to begin communication with the faerie kingdom, as its faeries have no fear of humans and are very open to contact. They stimulate great physical awareness of the presence of nature spirits. simply sitting among the flowers invites contact. Daisy faeries help awaken creativity and inner strength. Daisies are used in fairy magic, for working with elves or fairies. Putting a daisy chain on a child is said to prevent fairies from beguiling the child and carrying her or him away.

"Presents for fairies - as a child I dug little nests in the grass under the lilac trees, and left little scraps of fine material for them, such as chiffon or pieces of ribbon, I even remember leaving a small bright metal coloured thimble, also shells and pretty little stones. Now in the summer at the right times, I leave something sweet for them, as they are supposed to have notoriously sweet tongues. Marshmallows, a spoonful of honey in a little milk. I leave it on the end of the garden wall, where the hedge starts above the wall. [The land behind my house is about three foot higher than my garden, so the roots of my hedge which is planted in that land lie just behind my garden wall]." love and Hugs Daisy xx