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The Fairy Flag of Dunvegan

By on May 25, 2009 in Everything Else

One of the most fascinating items you will find on display at Dunvegan Castle is The Fairy Flag of Dunvegan. The castle, located on the Isle of Skye, has been the stronghold of the Chiefs of MacLeod for nearly 800 years.  The MacLeods consider the Fairy Flag to be  a gift from the fairies and [...]

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The Splendour Falls by Alfred Lord Tennyson

By on January 16, 2009 in Everything Else

O sweet and far from cliff and scar
The horns of Elfland faintly blowing!

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Mider’s Song by Fiona Macleod

By on November 19, 2008 in Everything Else

This is one of several fairy poems written by Fiona Macleod which deals with fairies on a powerful, adult, and real level.

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The Hills of Ruel by Fiona MacLeod

By on November 6, 2008 in Everything Else

Taken from The Book of Fairy Poetry, published in 1920: “Over the hills and far away”– That is the tune I heard one day, When heather-drowsy I lay and listened And watched where the stealthy sea-tide glistened. Beside me there on the Hills of Ruel

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Is it Fairy or Faery???

By on October 30, 2008 in Everything Else

Ok, some people use the word “fairy” and others use “faery”, so why the different spellings?

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I Believe in Fairies. . .

By on October 23, 2008 in Everything Else

Well… I’m probably leaving myself open to all sorts of criticism from the non-believers out there, but I think it’s time I admitted the truth, my truth anyway–fairies exist, they REALLY ARE REAL.

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