#faeriefriday — Public Fediverse posts

The Cherokee people believe in the "fairy folk". The Cherokee call them Nunnehi or Yunwi Tsunsdi, or "Little People" in the Cherokee language. Nunnehi means the "people who live anywhere," perhaps because they lived in strange places, underground, inside mountains & under streams. #FaerieFriday

According to the Cornish tale of ‘The Little Cake-Bird,’ Piskeys were known to sneak into the bedrooms of children via the keyhole and then pass over the child's nose in order to control their dreams. #FolkyFriday #FaerieFriday

🎨: Warwick Goble

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Fairies are said to love most types of flowers, though there are exceptions. According to Richard Folkard's 'Plant Lore, Legends, and Lyrics,' they have a particularly strong dislike of yellow flowers that grow in hedgerows and avoid places where such flowers grow. #FolkyFriday

📷: Sergey Shmidt

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A Welsh fairy tale tells of a boy who, while skipping school, was invited by a pair of elves to come play in fairyland instead. However, after stealing one of their golden balls to give to his poor mother, the boy was exiled from fairyland forever.

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🎨: Emily Gertrude Thomson

The land of Faerie can be an enchanting place, but those who wish to return home again should be sure to abstain from eating or drinking while visiting. According to folklore, anyone who consumes fairy food while within their realm becomes eternally trapped there.

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🎨: John Anster Fitzgerald