Now while we eat our yummy s'mores (made the right way, of course <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" /> ), someone
needs to tell us another tale. Ummmmm, I guess that will be me. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />

This one is from Scotland and is called The Fairies' Hill

There is a green hill above Kintraw, known as the Fairies' Hill, of which the
following story is told.

Many years ago, the wife of the farmer at Kintraw fell ill and died, leaving two
or three young children. The Sunday after the funeral the farmer and his
servants went to church, leaving the children at home in charge of the eldest, a
girl of about ten years of age. On the farmer's return the children told him
their mother had been to see them, and had combed their hair and dressed them.
As they still persisted in their statement after being remonstrated with, they
were punished for telling what was not true.

The following Sunday the same thing occurred again. The father now told the
children, if their mother came again, they were in inquire of her why she came.
Next Sunday, when she reappeared, the eldest child put her father's question to
her, when the mother told them she had been carried off by the "Good People"
(Daione Sěth), and could only get away for an hour or two on Sundays, and should
her coffin be opened it would be found to contain only a withered leaf.

The farmer, much perplexed, went to the minister for advice, who scoffed at the
idea of any supernatural connection with the children's story, ridiculed the
existence of "Good People," and would not allow the coffin to be opened. The
matter was therefore allowed to rest. But, some little time after, the minister,
who had gone to Lochgilphead for the day, was found lying dead near the Fairies'
Hill, a victim, many people thought, to the indignation of the Fairy world he
had laughed at.

Wow, what a story. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> Do you believe it or not? Ummmmmm. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Shan <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/alien.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />