May 27
In The Most of the Tree sat A Kindly Old Woman, illustration to Elder Mother Tree, by Arthur Rackham (1867-1939), from Fairy Tales, written by Hans Christian Andersen (1805-75).
“To have Conference with a Fairy- Stroll underneath an Elder tree when the Sun is at the (highest) hottest… And stand under the Tree and say, Magram Magrano Three times and you shall see a flower spring like yellow Gold or Gold yellow And when you have it you shall want nothing. There will also appear a fair woman- Demand of her what thou wilt have And thou shalt have it.” (Grimoire, ed. D. Rankine, page 289)
Cicely Mary Barker, from Flower Fairies of the Trees, 1961 In one of my earliest postings, I discussed the curious link between fairies and
