Fairy Law
I read* an interesting little snippet recently – apparently the English King Henry III (1216 – 1272) passed a law decreeing the death penalty for anyone caught “kyllynge, wowndynge, or mamynge” a fairy.
I have no idea if this has ever been repealed, but given the over-bloated nature of the English legal system, perhaps not!
* In Nigel Cawthorne’s ‘The Strange Laws of Old England
Fairies in Croydon?
It fluttered into her life and left a little bit of fairy dust.
But no matter how hard Phyllis Bacon scours her garden, she can find no trace of her silver-winged visitor. All she has is this picture. And as she examines the photo of the tiny glowing creature darting around above her lawn, she finds herself believing in fairies.
Read the full article here: Daily Mail
Filed under News | Comment (0)Creepy ‘Gnome’ Terrorises Town
The inhabitants of an Argentinian town claim a strange creature roams their streets at night. Several sightings have occurred of the creepy ‘gnome’, who has a pointed hat and a peculiar sideways walk. It has even been caught on film by a group of teenagers. Jose Alvarez, who filmed the gnome, said “This is no joke. We are still afraid to go out – just like everyone else in the neighbourhood now. One of my friends was so scared after seeing that thing that we had to take him to the hospital.”
via The Sun
Filed under News | Comment (1)It Might Upset The Goblins
Hakon Robertsen of Norway has refused to tear down a condemned barn on his property because of the goblins he claims live there, the Aftenposten reports.
Robertsen was ordered to tear down the barn in 2005 after complaints from neighbors, but has continued to refuse on the grounds that the “little people” who live there will make bad things happen if he does. He is even willing to sue local authorities in order to keep the barn protected.
“I don’t believe in ghosts, but underworld creatures have taken up residence in the building,” Robertsen said to the local newspaper Nordlys.
He wouldn’t go into details about what he meant, but he said that if he were to comply with the court order, it would be bad news for his life and health.
“A while back I removed the top of the building and that is an experience I will not repeat,” he said, and points out that the barn is built on an old Viking site.
He offered to build a fence around the barn, but otherwise remains steadfast in his determination to leave the goblins’ homestead as is.
Robertsen is being fined $47.50 per day until he demolishes the barn.
Via Fox
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