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In Scotland, it was peculiar to the fairy women to assume the shape of deer; while witches became mice, hares, cats, gulls, or black sheep.

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Shakespeare's contemporary Michael Drayton features fairies in his Nimphidia, and from these stem Alexander Pope's sylphs of the 1712 poem The Rape of the Lock. M. Barrie's 1902 novel The Little White Bird, and was incorporated into his later works about the character. Bring your wellies to explore the wetlands, meet all the different animals who live here, find the fairies, make a wish, hop on Woody’s train, and enjoy the adventure play areas. If Fairies really exist—independently of Men—then very few of our ‘Fairy-stories’ have any relation to them. Fairies were also sometimes thought to haunt specific locations, and to lead travelers astray using will-o'-the-wisps.Drop in for a cup of dandelion tea, grab a seat at the Giant’s Table, stroll along to the Ladybird House and sneak a peek at local witchy trickster, The Cailleach Beara.

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The trail allows kids to seek out and find little fairies and their houses, then afterwards they can head over to the Toadstool Story Circle for a snack, to explore the play park and even “bake” in the mud kitchens.They are famous for playing mean tricks on humans, leading travelers astray, kidnapping children, and stealing valuable things from one’s house.