Posts tagged
‘fairies’

The Figure in the Flame A flame in a man’s room turns into a little old man who promises to lead him to treasure.

Uncanny Hallowe’en Guests. Phantom horses and shrieking men and women are heard outside a Cincinnati house. Then uncanny Hallowe’en guests arrive to wreak havoc.

Taken by the Fairies in Dubuque. A young woman disappears mysteriously from her Iowa home, only to return home a year later with a weird story of being taken by the fairies. Then things get even stranger.

“Clothed in Light:” Sidhe Sightings Early 20th-century sightings of the Gentry.

Down with Christmas Ghosts; Up with Christmas Fairies! An 1880s rant against unwholesome Christmas ghost story horrors with a surprising suggestion for a supernatural substitute.

A rare opportunity to participate in one of the largest folklore surveys ever–the Fairy Census.

The Music of Fairy in Kerry “It is fairy music, and it is seldom that one who was not born in Kerry can hear it…” A story of hearing the music of fairyland.

A Fairy Tale from the Trenches: 1916 A most awfully jolly tale from the trenches of the Great War. The fairies do not wear boots, but have ordered unusual pants for their spring costumes.

Little Angels at a Deathbed Angels or fairy-like creatures urge a dying boy to come with them.