If You Go Down to the Woods Today…

It is said bluebell woods are places of potent faery enchantment – to wander unprotected into a glade meant you risked kidnap or worse by malicious faeries. One folk name for bluebells is ‘dead man’s bells’, for to hear them chime foretold of the hearers death. Their ringing also summons faeries to their gatherings.
But despite the apparent danger, Bluebells are still considered one of Britain’s favourite flowers. These wonderful flowers are under threat however, with more and more woodland being lost and non-native varieties gaining a hold in the wild. They are protected by law so as tempting as it is, never pick them from the wild. And besides you wouldn’t want to risk attracting the wrath of the Fae!

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