The Paranormal Database

Entrance

Location: Llanymynech (Shropshire) - Ogo Hole
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Locals say that the hill contains a doorway into the fairy realm. A blind fiddler once accidently wandered in, and his fiddle could be heard playing deep beneath the village.

Fairy Cattle

Location: Llyn Arenig (Gwynedd) - Llyn Arenig Fach
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Said to be a fairy lake, one farmer who found a young bull on the edge of the water and took it home had his entire herd taken away from him - a little man came out from the lake and led the animals into its water.

A large bull standing ready to attack, image by Wayne Lowden.

Bull

Location: Llyn Cowlyd (Clwyd) - General area
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The waters are home to a large bull that breathes fire from its nose, though others say the creature is more 'Loch Ness Monster' in nature.

One Good Turn

Location: Llyn Glas (Gwynedd) - Cabin by the lake
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Pre-twentieth century
Further Comments: A shepherd who would spend the summer months in this cabin gave his shirt to a woman, so she had something to wrap around her baby. The following morning, and every morning from that day on, he found a piece of silver left in an old clog in the cabin.

Fairy Bride

Location: Llyn y Dywarchen (Gwynedd) - Lake and a farm close by (likely no longer present)
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A fairy married a mortal man with her father's blessing, on the condition that the man would never let iron touch her flesh. They lived together for many years, and had several children, but one day her knee was struck by a stirrup and she vanished back to the fairy realm. While she was not allowed to walk human lands again, she was permitted to float on the lake while balanced on a piece of turf, which she did to continue to talk to her husband.

Porridge Eaters

Location: Loch Ericht (Perth and Kinross) - Bothy at the southern end of the loch
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A shepherd who used the bothy made tiny bowls and spoons for the fairies who also lived here, having found his own porridge bowl pecked at. The fairies moved away after they brought a guest that the shepherd did not feed.

Husband

Location: Loch Errochty (Perth and Kinross) - Mound known as Cam na Sleabkack (aka Slevach Cairn) (may no longer exist)
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A widow was told that her late husband was working as a 'baggage horse' for the fairies within this cairn.

Bridge

Location: Loch Rannoch (Perth and Kinross) - Camghouran
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Fairies were in the process of building a bridge across the loch when a traveller wished them 'God speed'. The fairies stopped working and left their bridge unfinished.

Frost

Location: Loch Sloy (Argyll and Bute) - Glen located south of the loch
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Pre twentieth century
Further Comments: A traveller passing through the area heard two Urisk calling out to each other, one shouting 'Frost', the other responding 'Kick frost'.

A photograph of Loch Tay, taken around 1960.

Water Cows

Location: Loch Tay (Perth and Kinross) - General area
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Fairy cattle would constantly graze both on the land surrounding the loch, and in the still waters. Another legend suggests it was home to 'fish without fins', interpreted by some as serpentine monsters. An Each Uisge once lived here but was driven out and moved to Loch Earn instead.

Barn Builder

Location: Lochaber (Highland) - Exact area unknown, but once called Lianachan
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A member of the Kennedy family caught a Glaistig and refused to release her until she built a stone house. The Glaistig completed the task overnight, and as she left cursed the Kennedy bloodline so they would grow like rushes but wither like ferns.

Mary's Urisk

Location: Lochaber (Highland) - Waterfall in Glen Maili
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Pre twentieth century
Further Comments: A voyeuristic Urisk would visit this area and watch a lady named Mary as she worked her spinning wheel. A man who wanted to see the creature for himself donned Mary's clothing but failed to fool the Urisk (that declared 'I see your beard').

The Bean-nighe, or Scottish washer-woman, standing waist deep in water. Image by Wayne Lowden.

Bean-nighe

Location: Lochbuie, Isle of Mull (Argyll and Bute) - River by Moy Castle
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: 1500s
Further Comments: The Bean-nighe is a Scottish spirit, an ill bringer who would be seen washing the clothes of those soon to die. This creature has long breasts, slung over her shoulders, and if she were grabbed from behind, the Bean-nighe would say whom the clothes belonged; if yours, she could change fate. The owner of the castle, upon seeing the creature, tried to grab her but failed - he died in battle the following day. As if this entity were not enough to contend with, the area is haunted by a headless horseman.

The Rollright Stones, England.

Dancing Fairies

Location: Long Compton (actually in Warwickshire) (Oxfordshire) - The Rollright Stones - the King Stone and the Whispering Knights
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Weather Dependent: Mist. Grey figure seen pre-1937
Further Comments: The King Stone was once a place where fairies danced around. Legend says that the monolith was once a King who was petrified by a witch (though which ruler is unclear). There are so many other smaller stones that it is said to be impossible to count them all. Another set of nearby standing stones known as the Whispering Knights are thought to be the witch's aids, who conspired against the king but were turned to stone anyway. Finally, a grey female figure would appear on misty days, twisting and moving strangely within the stone circle.

Blinded

Location: Longhorsley (Northumberland) - Site of old fair
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A Netherwitton man was charged with raising a fairy child and given an ointment with which he was to wash the child's eyes. Curiosity overtook the man and he washed one of his own eyes with the ointment. While visiting the Longhorsley fair, the man spotted the fairy child's parents and greeted them. Surprised to have been seen by the man, the fairies asked which eye could see them. The man pointed to the eye and one of the fairies blew into it, permanently blinding him.

Dancing Fairies

Location: Lough Derg (County Donegal) - Exact location not known
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Mid nineteenth century
Further Comments: A group of children encountered between eight and ten fairies dancing to music. One of the little people charged towards the children, striking one girl with a plant - the children ran home, and the girl who was hit later collapsed, only waking when a priest visited her.

Submerged City

Location: Lough Key (County Roscommon) - General area
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Humanity struck a deal with the fairies - they could build a city here, on the condition the nearby earth forts were left untouched. Humanity grew greedy and built upon the forts, at which point the fairies flooded the city, creating the lough.

Vicious Little Folk

Location: Ludgvan (Cornwall) - Well
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The well in the village is reported to be protected by violent fairies, which are also capable of summoning storms.

Cave Dwellers

Location: Lulsley (Warwickshire) - Osebury Rock (aka Oseberrow Rock, aka Rosebury Rock)
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The fairy folk here would hide in a cave close by. They were a helpful sort and rewarded any mortal who assisted them in repairs or tracking down lost items.

Fairies

Location: Lymington (Hampshire) - Buckland Rings
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The site of an Iron Age hill fort was said to be the haunt of fairies.

Protective Fairy

Location: Madron (Cornwall) - Men-an-Tol
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Locals knew the good fairy which lived here would cure the sick. It was also known to go on missions to locate and retrieve children stolen by other fairies with lesser morals. The stones found on the site are believed to have curative properties.

Fairy Tree

Location: Maesteg (Mid Glamorgan) - Exact location not known
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Nineteenth century
Further Comments: A knarred and knotted tree was thought to be home to a group of fairies from Ireland, and ill luck fell upon anyone who picked up deadwood from under it.

The fairy known as Rollicking Bill.

Rollicking Bill

Location: Maldon (Essex) - Maldon Marsh
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This fairy fellow has been seen skipping over the marsh at twilight.

Ring

Location: Malew (Isle of Man) - Ronaldsway, exact area not known
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: When certain, unknown, conditions are met, a fairy ring in this area is reputed to become active. If anyone steps into it during this period, they vanish to an unknown place and never return.

Janet

Location: Malham (North Yorkshire) - Janet's Foss, Gordale Beck (aka Gordale Scar)
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Cave still present
Further Comments: Janet, or sometimes Jennet, was a fairy queen who inhabited a cave next to the waterfall found here.