The Paranormal Database

Fairy Forts

Location: N22 (County Kerry) - Dip in road close to Kerry Way, Curraglass
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: 2017
Further Comments: A member of parliament made headlines after he declared a dip in the road, which had cost forty thousand Euros to repair, had been caused by fairies who lived in forts which the road navigated around.

Fairy Home

Location: Nafferton Slack (East Riding of Yorkshire) - Hill
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The hill was said to be a major home for fairies - they could be heard inside, and several times there have been reports of the little people entering or leaving the place.

Floating Island

Location: Nantlle Valley (Gwynedd) - Lake of the Turf Sod
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: An island once floated around this body of water, acting as a meeting place between a fairy and her human husband, after she was prevented by other members of her race to walk on land.

Fairy Tree

Location: Navan (County Meath) - Two hawthorn trees on the Hill of Tara
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Trees still present
Further Comments: The two trees here belong to the fairies - damaging them, or even just taking a clipping, would result in bad luck befalling the perpetrator.

Partying Fairies

Location: New Ross (County Wexford) - Maudlin's Bridge area
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Circa early nineteenth century
Further Comments: Local man Davy Hanlon met a troupe of fairies upon this bridge. They whisked him away to a distant wine cellar where Davy drank with the little people. They allowed him to keep a silver goblet and returned him home, although he became bedridden for many months after his encounter.

Best leave fairy trees alone.

Elf Meet

Location: Newcastle (Gwent) - Oak tree on former site of castle
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The site was also home to a mighty oak tree in which fairies lived. When a storm damaged the tree, a fallen branch was used by locals as firewood, although those who burnt the wood had their homes set alight by the upset fairies.

Fairy Court

Location: Newcastle upon Tyne (Tyne and Wear) - Small grassy mounds on Fawdon Hill (area now likely built over)
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Pre-twentieth century
Further Comments: This hill was once believed to be the setting for the fairy court.

A Banshee.

Not a Banshee?

Location: Newmarket on Fergus (County Clare) - Lough Gaish
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Early 1900s?
Further Comments: Residents who lived close to the lough reported hearing the wail of a banshee which lasted for several nights. When the cries ceased and no one died, the locals doubted whether the sounds came from a banshee... A little man in green was also spotted in the area. Matching the description of a leprechaun, a witness tried to grab him for his gold, but the little man vanished.

Summoning the Fairies

Location: Newport Pagnell (Buckinghamshire) - Barrow in the area
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Running around this barrow nine times is said to bring forth the fairies.

Wild Edric.

Wild Edric

Location: No fixed abode (Shropshire) - Lead Mines
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: 1800s
Further Comments: A county hero, Wild Edric is said to emerge from the lead mines where he lives and charge off towards England's enemies when required. Once flesh and blood, it is thought his fairy wife may have had a hand in making him and his troops immortal.

Small Trolls

Location: Northmavine (Shetland) - Trowie Knowe cairn
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This cairn was used by trows who would only leave it by moonlight to go hunting.

Sixty Gnomes in Cars

Location: Nottingham (Nottinghamshire) - Wollaton Park, swampy area
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: September 1979
Further Comments: Appearing to several children, these friendly gnomes sat two per car and playfully chased the children around the park. The wee fellows looked 'like Noddy', but with white beards. The cars moved without sound.

Dunstaffnage Castle.

Glaistig

Location: Oban (Argyll and Bute) - Dunstaffgne (or Dunstaffnage) Castle
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Prior to major news
Further Comments: The Glaistig is a fairy-like guardian entity that follows a family, only becoming apparent when good or bad news is heard (that is when she bursts into song, cheers, or cries). Dunstaffgne's Glaistig would also be heard stomping around and on one occasion, pulled the sheets off a guest's bed. The creature has not been heard since the castle burnt down.

Dancing Girls

Location: Okeford Fitzpaine (Dorset) - Okeford Hill (aka Oxeford Hill)
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Early twentieth century
Further Comments: Two men out for a walk reported seeing a score of small child-like figures dancing on the slopes of the hill. The figures danced in a perfect circle while holding their joined hands in the air before suddenly vanishing.

Faery Queen

Location: Old Cambus (Borders) - Fracture in a rock face, was known as the Fairy Road, and surrounding area
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The Faery Queen would be seen just before dawn broke, travelling in her coach and six.

A small wooded area in Onehouse, Suffolk.

Fairy in Long Green Coat and a Golden Belt

Location: Onehouse (Suffolk) - General area
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: 1600s
Further Comments: As a reward for keeping a clean home, fairies would bring one house owner gifts. However, he bragged about the fact to a group of friends, and the little folk were never seen again.

Fairies dancing in the grass.

Dancers

Location: Otterburn (Northumberland) - Dowcraig Top, around a mile north of village
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This solitary spot was a place for the fairies to meet and dance to their little hearts' content.

Hob

Location: Over Silton (North Yorkshire) - Carlhow Hill, Hobthrush Hall (cave) and surrounding area
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This member of the fairy family was said to be live in the caves and would occasionally leap around upon the hills in the area. He was also reported to churn butter for the local innkeeper in return for a slice of bread and butter. On one occasion, the innkeeper forgot to leave the food out for Hob, resulting in the entity leaving the area in disgust.

Goblin disguised as a pig.

The Picktree Brag

Location: Pelton (Durham) - Exact location unknown
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A goblin which enjoyed playing tricks on the locals, this creature would normally take the form of a farm animal before creating mischief.

Dusty Shoemaker's Son

Location: Pencader (Dyfed) - Nearby Mountain
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Taffy, a shoemaker's son, entered a fairy circle on this mountain and danced for ten minutes before leaving. As he walked back to the village, Taffy realised he did not recognise any of the buildings, and on the site of his parents' cottage, an old farmhouse now stood. Taffy told his story to the farmer and then, as time caught up with him, turned to ash.

Dancers

Location: Pencarreg (Dyfed) - Area close to a mountain
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A large number of fairies dancing in a field were spotted by a group of people intending to play football. The fairies moved away to another field, and when they realised the people were following, became invisible.

The Gwrach-y-rhibyn.

Angry Fairies

Location: Penmaen (West Glamorgan) - Pennard Castle (ruins)
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The owner of this former castle once refused the local fairies the right to dance at his wedding party. The upset little people conjured up a massive storm which then destroyed the building. The site is now home to a Gwrach-y-rhibyn.

Manufacturers

Location: Pennygown, Isle of Mull (Argyll and Bute) - Unidentified earthen mound in the area
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The fairies who lived within this mound would be happy to manufacture any item overnight if the correct raw materials and instructions were placed on nearby grass in the evening. Someone left a short piece of wood and requested a ship's mast be made, resulting in the fairies ceasing their helpfulness.

Singing Fairies

Location: Pentraeth (Gwynedd) - Mynydd Llwydiarth
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Heard singing on the mountain and from the nearby lake, these fairies were very rarely seen.

A fairy funeral, from James Bowker's Goblin Tales of Lancashire.

Fairy Funerals

Location: Penwortham (Lancashire) - Church Avenue
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Fairy funeral processions were said to once have occurred here, always by the soft light of the moon. It is reportedly unlucky for mortals to gaze upon them.