The Fae ~ Faerie Ritual Tea ~ Fae ~ Wee Folk ~ Fair Folk ~ Otherworld ~ Fairy ~ Beltane Tea

The Fairy Ring   Oh, have you seen the fairies dance Upon a Summer’s night? And watched the gnomes and pixies prance Whenever the moon is bright? ‘Tis splendid fun to see them run As soon as it grows light. One evening sister May and I Went out soon after ten; The moon hung like a ball on high Above the fairy glen, And round and round upon the ground Danced fays and elfin men. And there, at dawn, they leave behind A ring of toadstools wee (Where they have danced you’ll always find This mark for folks to see), Then off they fly into the sky Just as the clock strikes three.   ~EUGENE THORNTON~   Mischievous and playful faeries are also powerful and protective.    Most often we think of faeries being no bigger than the palm of our hand. There are indeed many different traditions that depict them as every size from average human to dwarf to a typical tree sprite. Some with wings, some without.    Faeries often took human lovers and abducted them to the land of the Fae or sometimes a child,