some fae facts from lore (pt 2)
iron, salt, and bread (any kind) will ward fae away. so will rowan and hazel.
rowan and iron will ward most bad things away, actually.
ringing church bells at dawn and dusk will drive fae and/or changelings from your village.
alternately, cream and butter and cakes (not bread!!) will attract them.
they have many names. fair folk, the good people, the gentry, the wee folk. my favorite is the good neighbors.
there are places where the veil between worlds is thinner, and these places see more fae. ireland is said to be one. transient places (crossroads and bus stops etc.) are said to be another.
musicians are often taken to their world. they may come back but they won’t be the same.
adder stones (also called hag stones, witch stones, snake eggs, adderstanes) can reveal fairy or witch traps if seen through the hole in the stone. you can’t trick an adder stone.
the fae are highly sexed. orgies are common.
random body pains were attributed to the fae. this was called elf shot.
tangled hair in the morning was also considered their fault. this was called elf locks.
consumption (tuberculosis) was attributed to the fae as well, for forcing young men and women to dance all night.
basically if you were sick and there was no cure, blame the fae.
alchemists sometimes called on certain fae to assist them. no word on how well this worked out for them.
millers were thought to be ‘no canny,’ which means in league with the fae, owing to their ability to control elements. (fire in the kiln, water for the burn, wind for the mill, general control of machinery.)
if you know a fae’s true name, you can summon them at any time to do your bidding. but this is a double edged sword. if they learn your true name, they enslave you right back, and the things they do would be far worse than anything you could think of.
some myths have lesser fae paying a tithe (a tiende) to their royals. some myths have them paying this tithe directly to hell.
mortal midwives were sometimes summoned to the fae realm to assist in the birth of another kidnapped mortal woman. they sometimes offer an ointment for use on the baby. if the midwife uses it herself, she will gain fae sight.
lesser fae can die or be killed. to witness one of these funerals is bad omen.
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