Although the hoax involving the Cottingley Fairies Photos, circa 1920, is well known, many are unaware that one of the girls involved insisted that the 5th photo was genuine. As you will see in the 2009 video from The Antiques Roadshow below, Frances Griffiths admitted to the deception in the 1980’s, along with her cousin Elsie Wright, but she always, to […]
A while back, Mr E recorded a series of 7 Elven Codes for Living especially for Facebook. Since they don’t seem to be available there anymore (not sure why), I wanted to be sure to post them here so everyone would be able to enjoy them. Here they are, in the order he recorded them:
Who is Mr […]
The following fairy encounter was written by Charles C. Smith and appeared in “The Folklore Record of 1878,” which was published by The Folklore Society in 1878. Smith writes of a fairy encounter that William Butterfield, the keeper of Ilkley Wells in West Yorkshire, England experienced around 1815, as told to him by a local man. This man […]
Steeped in ancient magic and mystery, the small town of Glastonbury, located in southwest England, is home to many mystical beliefs and legends. First inhabited around 3500 BC, it has long been a place of pilgrimage and is strongly connected to the ancient druids who lived there around 1000 BC. Since ancient times Glastonbury, along with Stonehenge and Avebury, have […]
Hello Everyone,
I spent some time today sifting through some fairly recent comments Mr E made in response to some of your questions about dragons. He and I are working on some more extensive information about the Dragons of Behradorn but, in the meantime, here are the questions and the audio clip answers:
1) “Is it possible to ride a dragon?”
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2) […]
According to some experts, the beautiful and ornately decorated glass cup known as “the Luck of Edenhall” dates back to the 13th century Syria. Still, there are others that believe this enchanted cup is from a different world entirely. Whatever its origin, it is truly a […]
Hello everyone! My name is Katie Hajjar, Natalie’s daughter. I’m introducing myself because I am excited to inform you that I will be on Real Fairies more often to help update our site, and bring you some exciting new content.
Before now I haven’t had the extra availability to contribute to […]
Happy Halloween Everyone,
My daughter Katie and I recently had a long chat with Mr E and we will be sharing several audios with you over the next couple of weeks. First up, we thought we would get his take on […]