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Fairies or Fay: A Fairy (also can be alluded to by the names faery, faerie, fay or fae are metaphorically

 wee folk, good folk or fair folk or people of peace).  They are a people of metaphysical state, mythical 

in folk lore, people of legend and a so-named form of spirit.  Supernatural or preternatural, these legendary

form are widely associated with heavily wooded fields or forests and this is partially due to the belief that

this is because there is more habitat in to stay concealed.

Ethereal and awe-inspiring these points of discussion have come into the spoken language through many

interpretations such as gnomes, elves, leprechauns and their elaborate method of special survival also has

sprouted up along with the Western beliefs about these fairy beings.  The word fairy originates from Middle

English (Fayreye Feirie) and comes from the Old French (now known to be Faeerie) in Latin they come with

the belief and root claimed to form from one of the Fates hence the fairy signifies a sense of guardianship

which they bestow and from Spanish and Portuguese comes the term Fata or fada in relation to these

phenomena.

The suffix of erie was added to Faie- erie then was added on to a word in English to explain a job

where something could be retrieved and involved such as Fishery, or a job where one particular

reputed trading was known and consequently this was found to lead on to the term Wizardry.

Shapeshifting rumours around the Selkie or Kelpie often relates to the fairy who can in mystical

form vanish and reappear in a new skin and overall appearance, black dogs are one such animal

which is said to be a typical shape shifting persona. The Irish banshie or Irish Gaelic Bean Si

or Scottish Gaelic Bean Shith Sprites or Brownie i.e. Barghest or Elf are well known to be

misktaken for ghosts or seen at times when an event is to take shape.  These reputed incidents

are claimed to have followed on from witnessing one of these visual energies.  Elementals are also

another referenced classified word by which the fairy is known in Alchemey.  The Sylphs, elementals

or fairy are said to belong to the Otherorld in which the sidhie thrive.

In Celtic faith and culture there is the Unseelie and Seelie courts which establish an order just beyond

the roaming hills in the Country’s green lands of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales.  These coutrs

are abound with the wee folk from whom much concealment of their whereabouts is undertaken.

It is said by Celtic culture that it was the marrauding armies of old who came in and caused these

peaceful folk to retire and retreat to the underground mounds of the countryside.

If ever you should set foot on Irish, Scottish or English soil then it is to meet with encounters

and beliefs about these little colourful individual sprites who live in gardens and woods.  The historical

notion on wing span and size had differed over the years with early depictions clearly showing them to

be large spectres with features and giant perspectives…thus it contrasts with the generally accepted

view that the faries who flit in fields and favour plant covers are ones with insect proportional averages

and have wing spans that do not exceed a few centermeters.  

It is said children are most closely associated to the other world and the spirit world and this is due

simply to the connections they shared there not long before the time of their births.  It is therefore

easier for them to still see spirit and other energies, these can sometimes be referred to namely by

them as invisible buddies or friends.  There is so much which lies just beyond the veil that it is not hard

to understand the joy and contentment which comes from a child when they come into their first vision

of such paranormals.

One John Fraser of Scotland was one such historical individual who has been written about in attempts

to try to outline what he saw one fateful evening.  It had long been stated that Millers and men who worked

in the mills helping to mix the grain for bread did so on a daily basis with fairy companions.  Whilst this

was believed in pre-Victorian England it also had to be said that a lot of these statements were quickly

followed with warnings about the intentions of such fairies.  People were not encouraged to look at them

nor talk with them.  The mill was supposed to be enchanted or protected as long as this faith was held.

Yet late one night it was one John Fraser who sat up and feigned off sleep so that he could get a glimpse

of the wee folk and for sure that was what he saw.  In his reports the morning after it was as he sat

widely alert that he started to pick up activity in the line of sight and spotted movement.  At feeling 

apprehenive he pulled back but soon looked at the many folk who small in size came into his building

and began to attempt to operate the machinery.  At last he built up the bravery to take a step towards

the species of living thing he had not recognised and on seeing him one female energies with wings gave

to him a hand full of grain and said to put that into his container and that his source of food would never

run dry.  Despite his efforts to tell people of his venture with the little people the evening before it was

as expected not taken easily but one factor rested as a means of discussion and that being the flour machine

being kept at full capcity and running as a business many years after.