~*~Protection Against Faeries~*~
As we all know faerie's can sometimes be very mischievous creatures. That means that they might cause us trouble just for a little bit of fun and while they may not have the intention to harm us, they sometimes do. So I have here a list of ways to protect yourself from the faerie pranks. Most of the following is taken from my favorite book Brian Froud and Alan Lee's Faeries.

· Turn clothes inside out
(a glove turned inside out and tossed into a faerie ring will disperse the revelers)

· Bells

· Iron

· A knife in the doorway

· a nail in the pocket

· open scissors hung above a baby's cot

· Carry the Bible

· Running Water

· Bread

· Rowan and red thread (in the case of the Scots, a red ribbon attached over the front door or tied to the tails of cattle -this was to discourage witches. Elsewhere a red cloth was sometimes tied round children's chests as protection against the little people)

· Salt

· Ancient churchyard mold

· Daisy chains

· Stones with a hole through it

· Horseshoes (moon symbol and iron combined)

· A sock under the bed

· A knife under the pillow

· A twig of broom

· St. John's wort

· The burning of thorns on top of a faerie hill will release captive children

· Shoes placed with toes facing away from the bed.



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