And those are just the types who were seen.
After all, not
just anyone
can catch a
glimpse of a
ABOVE, Child fairy by CDHM Artisan Cheri Desiree
LEFT, Random Blarney Stone found in Ireland.
faery. They can be seen clearly by animals, but only under specific conditions by humans: a full moon on Midsummer's Eve; if the faery allows it; through use of a special salve; or peering through a holey stone (a stone with a hole at its center made by running water).
The Good Folk - to call them by their name was to invite disaster - were believed to live in mounds, stone circles, ancient forests and caverns. And any sort of unexplained mischief and mayhem could be ascribed to them.