tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6268906151061835777.post2934148343006116186..comments2024-03-09T03:38:15.941+00:00Comments on The Faery Folklorist: Pixies Hole at Chudleigh Rocks, DevonThe Faery Folkloristhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04487251751662049629noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6268906151061835777.post-26643653922288894002023-05-31T08:35:39.163+01:002023-05-31T08:35:39.163+01:00Great read, thanksGreat read, thanksBiscuit Recipeshttps://www.cookiepins.com/biscuits/english_digestive_biscuits_4786354581.shtmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6268906151061835777.post-24318417499238354842014-02-09T19:17:17.903+00:002014-02-09T19:17:17.903+00:00Hi Ross, what a fascinating blog you have! :D I fi...Hi Ross, what a fascinating blog you have! :D I find wells fascinating too, and there certainly are plenty of fairy stories connected with wells! Have you heard about the Fairy Well or Pin Well up here at Wooler? Would love to know more about that one! http://faeryfolklorist.blogspot.co.uk/2009/07/wooler-fairy-well.html<br /><br />There's Coventina's well up here too with it's Roman dedications to the Goddess Coventina. Nothing to see there now though unfortunately :( http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=1013364<br /><br />Will be subscribing to your blog and I look forward to reading your future posts! :DThe Faery Folkloristhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04487251751662049629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6268906151061835777.post-59629507295494809692014-02-08T19:20:47.247+00:002014-02-08T19:20:47.247+00:00Great blog. I always wondered whether the pixy leg...Great blog. I always wondered whether the pixy legends were race memories of other human species. You might want to check my blog out insearchofholywellsandhealingsprings.wordpress.com there's a few blogs on elementals associated with springs. Incidentally, the username is Pixyled!rosshttp://traditionalcustomsandceremonies.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6268906151061835777.post-91938190752275515492011-10-05T21:41:15.132+01:002011-10-05T21:41:15.132+01:00I do very much enjoy seeing how the stories change...I do very much enjoy seeing how the stories change over the ages! I always take it as a challenge to find the earliest sources I can, just to see how the story started out, and it's so much fun seeing all the embellishments that have been added to the story over the years by various authors!! :)<br /><br />Hadn't thought of the catholic/protestant thing, bet you're on the right track there! That cat burning is horrible, people really have done some terrible things over the years in the name of religion!!The Faery Folkloristhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04487251751662049629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6268906151061835777.post-29284069532946818632011-10-04T23:18:40.088+01:002011-10-04T23:18:40.088+01:00Don't worry about me - For a start I am not na...Don't worry about me - For a start I am not native to these hills - I hail from Bristol! For a second thing I have a dreadful memory, and for a third I have no belief in correct versions of folklore - that is the brilliant thing about it - it grows and evolves with each telling - I love watching the turning story through the ages, and think you must to, judging from your love of old and various sources. <br /><br />It probably was the popes head, not nose - not sure now. I think it may be a catholic/protestant thing - The long version of 'Remember remeber the 5th of November' is very anti-pope, and I have read that effigies of the pope used to be burned with cats in them to get a realistic sound of him burning in hell... Pretty grim. It may have been a reverential thing - a continuing catholic worship under protestant control, but that seems a little unlikely - why name a rock as the pope...?Enthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07105812373247325370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6268906151061835777.post-22085289569605087762011-10-03T22:02:48.006+01:002011-10-03T22:02:48.006+01:00Glad you liked it, I must admit it's a bit sca...Glad you liked it, I must admit it's a bit scarier covering faery tales around Dartmoor as if I get anything wrong you're sure to notice! :P It mentions the Devil's pincushion or Pope's Head as being in the pixies cave... is that the same as the Popes nose do you think? Would love to see that! Though strange that they'd stick pins in the Pope, seems a bit un-Christian! Have tons of Dartmoor entries to write up but managed to catch an icky cold when I was down south and have been a bit ill this week, feeling better now though so hopefully will put more entries up this week :)The Faery Folkloristhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04487251751662049629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6268906151061835777.post-23275452281486687732011-10-03T21:54:18.049+01:002011-10-03T21:54:18.049+01:00I reacon it was the accent - when you hear proper ...I reacon it was the accent - when you hear proper old Devon volk talking to each other I can imagine not really being able to tell unless you spent quite some time with them - Toes/toads is all to easy to imagine! Brilliant research here - a lot I hadn't heard. I know its not strictly fey but there was also supposed to be a red protuberance of rock up their somewhere known as the Popes Nose that people stuck pins in... I will have to visit - I love the unkempt paths you travelled - verdant pixieness at its very best!Enthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07105812373247325370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6268906151061835777.post-68328632645797843532011-09-27T10:49:40.460+01:002011-09-27T10:49:40.460+01:00Thanks, good to hear from you again! :D The weathe...Thanks, good to hear from you again! :D The weather has been terrible up here lately so haven't managed to get out much for fairy walks, hoping for some drier weather over the winter so I can go for more wanderings! Off to Aberfoyle again in October, might wander up the fairy hill on Halloween if i'm feeling brave! :)<br /><br />There does seem to be a fair few stories about people seeing the fairy folk and then dying or never fully recovering. Leaves me wondering if perhaps like the Banshee and Black Dogs of legend, the fairies sometimes appear as an omen of death rather than causing it! Seems strange how it only happens sometimes though, and others who encounter the fae have positive encounters or just a bit of mischief. Very intriguing that it's specifically elves that were spotted at Staveley! Don't as often hear of them referred to as elves, though as the duerger story around here shows, some stories do seem to refer to specific types of fae you wouldn't normally expect to hear of in England! <br /><br />The toes or toads thing made me laugh too!!! Gotta wonder why the confusion, did a Victorian reporter just not understand their accent and was too polite to ask! :DThe Faery Folkloristhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04487251751662049629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6268906151061835777.post-42735282153863214042011-09-27T10:21:37.891+01:002011-09-27T10:21:37.891+01:00Hello FF- nice to see the blog back in action afte...Hello FF- nice to see the blog back in action after a summer break! <br /><br />There seem to be a lot of stories where encounters with faeries/elves/pixies lead to the witnesses' demise the following day. We've got one in Cumbria about a chap who witnesses an elven procession at Staveley. Odd that it was quite specifically elves as they're usually faeries in Cumbria! (I understand the the elf word is of Viking derivation and faery Celtic. No idea about pixies.)<br /><br />...and toes/toads... lol!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6268906151061835777.post-50854846106140630082011-09-26T19:15:12.526+01:002011-09-26T19:15:12.526+01:00Thanks Vivienne! I have a ton of updates to write ...Thanks Vivienne! I have a ton of updates to write from the Dartmoor trip, so shall be updating lots this week :)The Faery Folkloristhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04487251751662049629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6268906151061835777.post-2201098231484880762011-09-26T16:29:32.803+01:002011-09-26T16:29:32.803+01:00I have enjoyed reading your posts on pixies and fa...I have enjoyed reading your posts on pixies and faeries. The pictures are beautiful. Thanks for sharing.Vivienne Mosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07521668500782189081noreply@blogger.com