It is far safer to entice the fairies to come to you than to enter
their realm and risk being lost there for good. This is not easily
done, for they seem to avoid our kind unless they want something.
However, here is a chant which has been said to charm them
(occasionally) into making their appearance:

Come out from your fairy bower
Come upon this golden hour
Come to us we beg you please
Fairies dancing on the breeze.

If you are so lucky as to call them successfully, or if you meet
them by accident, a few simple precautions are worth taking

Never set both feet in a fairy ring (known to fairies as
"gallitraps"), for it can get you lost in Fairyland. A fairy ring
is a ring of a mushrooms sometimes found on lawns or fields, where
fairies are said to dance. The grass within the ring is an
exceptionally bright and lush shade of green. It seems to be some
sort of link with Fairyland itself. One who steps in it will
suddenly be able to see them dancing there, where before they
were invisible, and to hear their sweet, exquisite music where
before there was but silence. The music and dance can be so
infectious that those who experience it lose all sense of time and
will stay dancing with the Good People until they are forcibly pulled
away.

Never take their food, drink or flowers, no matter how politely
they are offered. Those who do may remain captive in Fairyland
forever.

If traveling at night (especially on foot) in a place inhabited by
fairies, you may become Pixie-led. This is a particular kind of pixie
mischief, where the unwary may be misled by a pixie and left stranded
in the dark. One charm against this trickery is to turn your coat
inside out.

Humans can also gain some power over fairies, or even wield the
power of glamour, by gaining possession of objects belonging to
fairies such as articles of clothing or household items such as
combs or tools. The best way to gain power over fairies is to
learn their true names. This is quite hard to do, as fairies are
extremely secretive, especially about their names. Some fairies,
though, behave quite strangely in this regard. They zealously
protect this secret if they think there are humans around but,
when they believe they are unobserved, they cannot resist repeatedly
shouting out their names at the top of their voices.

It is wise always to have the last word in a conversation with them.
Often, such talk ends up becoming a rhyme, and if so, then you had best

rhyme your answers to each point they make. They respect this sort of
courage and cleverness.

My question to you is DO YOU BELIEVE?
Are they real or are they part of our imagination?
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