Hello everyone.

Its nice to see so many people intrested in fairys here,
i thought id post a topic to see if anyone here may be able to help me,
i am working on a project about fairies, and i was wondering i anyone
here might be able to help me with it by sending any links to sites you may have with information them like history, habbits, appearences, etc..
if you can help please let me know any info you may have on them or just links to websites anything would be helpful andd bemost greatfull

Thanks, love and fairy hugs
Tracey xxx

Fairy's Favorite Plants:
Rose - Fairies love roses for their smell and beauty. If you would like to make fairies welcome, plant roses in your garden and burn rose oil.
Bluebell - Bluebells are loved by the fairies as well. Fairies often use the flowers to adorn their horses. Don't pick bluebells or step on them. A field of bluebells may have much faery enchantment. If you hear the ringing of the bluebell, your or someone close to you will soon die.
Thyme - If you use Thyme in a potion you may be able to break the fairies glamour, which they use to make things invisible and appear as something else (for example, gold is really grass in the Faery world).
Toadstools - People of old used mushrooms as drugs, like LSDs, to get visions and trips. These are often poisonous. Don't eat!!
Faery Ring Mushrooms - Fairies dance all night long and, in the morning, rings of mushrooms may be seen. They are the boundaries of the dancing circle. Be careful not to step inside the circle, as you may enter the Fairy Realm and you'll be stuck there.

Trees:
Willow- The Willow is a tree with a distinct personality. It can be heard weeping at night, but, more commonly, it uproots and follows lone travelers at night.
Elder- The Elder is a sacred tree to the fairies, along with the Ash, Holly, and Oak. Don't put your baby in a elderwood cradle because bad Faeries may pinch it, although most fairies love children.
Alder- Some say that this tree protects against water spirits.
Oak- Look for Oak groves, as fairies tend to love Oak. Oakmen come from felled Oak stumps.
Ash- This is a lovely tree that is often used for wands. It has healing qualities.
Cowslips- This is used by the Faeries to find gold. It is protected.
Birch- This tree has a hand (in legend) that touches people. If your head is touched you'll become insane and if your chest is touched you'll die. For some reason, fairies like this
Apple- This is used to ensure good harvests.

Fairy Food
You should leave food out for the fairies as offerings and gifts. In some countries, the local fairies will become angry if food is not left and they will curse the home.
If milk is spilled, you should not worry about it. Just think that it is an offering for the fairies. This connects with the saying "Don't cry over spilled milk". Leave food out for the fairies.
Any food that is left out overnight is often thought to be fairie food and can not be eaten again, as you would be taking it from the fairies!

Fairy Rings
Fairy rings are rings of mushrooms surrounding the area where the fairies dance at night. If you are near a ring when the fairies are dancing, you'll be drawn to it. If you enter, you will dance with the fairies, unable to stop. It may feel like only minutes, but it is, in reality, years, around 7. The only way to get out is if someone comes after you and pulls you out, while keeping their foot outside of the circle.

Fairy Behavior
Fairies tend to travel in bands, rather than alone. These are called Trouping Fairies and they are the most common. You also have the occasional Solitary faire. They travel alone and tend to be meanspirited, but not all are like that. Fairies can be seen traveling in large bands, playing music and riding their horses. These are called Raids. These usually occur during the holidays and sabbats. All holidays, pagan, christian, etc. are great times to contact the fairies, as they are active then.