‘Do you believe in fairies? Say quick that you believe! If you believe, clap your hands!’*
This is the story of an encounter with the fair folk over 100 hundred years ago. I first came across it some time ago in a book on Shropshire Folklore. Curious to find out more I explored maps, local history and the accounts of the 19th century Romany scholar who captured it in ink. Its roots are unknown but it is set on the slopes of the hill where I live and travelled to at least North Wales via the…