Fairy Rings abound in Ireland. A fairy ring, also known as fairy circle, elf circle or pixie ring, is a naturally occurring ring or arc of mushrooms or raised mounds where fairies dance at night. The rings may grow over 32 feet in diameter and become stable over time as the fungus grows and seeks food underground. They are found mainly in forested areas, but also appear in grasslands or rangelands.
If you are near a ring when the fairies are dancing, you'll be drawn to it. Be careful, for if you enter, you will dance with the fairies, unable to stop. It may feel like only minutes, but in reality, it will be 7 years. You will find no way to get out unless someone comes after you and pulls you out while keeping one foot outside of the circle.
If you walk nine times around a fairy rath at the full of the moon you will find the entrance to the Sifra; but if you enter, beware of eating fairy food or drinking fairy wine. If you do, you will never be the same again.
Warning: Since fairies are passionately fond of music; it is dangerous for young girls to sing alone by the lake, for the spirits will draw her down to them to sing to them in the fairy palace under the waves, and her people will see her no more.
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