# If I wanted to have an experience with the fae, where would I go? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 16, 2008, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-wanted-to-have-an-experience-with-the-fae-where-would-i-go/472956 "2008-11-16T03:59:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2008, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-wanted-to-have-an-experience-with-the-fae-where-would-i-go/472956/1 "2008-11-16T03:59:16Z")
I’m not saying I believe in faeries. With that said, if one was open-minded, curious, and willing to seek the wee folk out, where would one go? (and dont say the funny farm.) ---
**Author:** ![discodancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9c0ed/32.png) [@discodancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/discodancer)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2008, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-wanted-to-have-an-experience-with-the-fae-where-would-i-go/472956/2 "2008-11-16T04:09:07Z")
Out in the forest in the dead of night and look for a ring of toadstools. That’s my guess. ---
**Author:** ![Karyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/fbc32d/32.png) [@Karyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karyn)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2008, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-wanted-to-have-an-experience-with-the-fae-where-would-i-go/472956/3 "2008-11-16T04:49:13Z")
‘Finding Faeries’ gets lots of [hits](http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&hs=s4E&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&q=finding+fairies&spell=1) I’m just not _that_ open-minded. ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2008, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-wanted-to-have-an-experience-with-the-fae-where-would-i-go/472956/4 "2008-11-16T04:56:39Z")
> [@discodancer](#): > > Out in the forest in the dead of night and look for a ring of toadstools. That’s my guess. If you eat some of the toadstools you might even see one 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2008, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-wanted-to-have-an-experience-with-the-fae-where-would-i-go/472956/5 "2008-11-16T05:00:20Z")
I think you’d have to find a relatively isolated community with a continuing strong folk belief in the good people. Newfoundland would be where I would start, but there are probably other places as good. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2008, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-wanted-to-have-an-experience-with-the-fae-where-would-i-go/472956/6 "2008-11-16T05:03:58Z")
I would suggest San Francisco late at night at one of the happening clubs. ---
**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2008, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-wanted-to-have-an-experience-with-the-fae-where-would-i-go/472956/7 "2008-11-16T05:36:49Z")
I would try to find a small, rural town in Ireland to find fairies. Or you might look in Chelsea…I hear that part of NYC is brimming with the fae. ---
**Author:** ![Tenar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@Tenar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tenar)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2008, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-wanted-to-have-an-experience-with-the-fae-where-would-i-go/472956/8 "2008-11-16T05:49:30Z")
Do elves qualify? If so, I’d recommend Iceland. You might not be able to drive directly to the site, though. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2008, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-wanted-to-have-an-experience-with-the-fae-where-would-i-go/472956/9 "2008-11-16T07:43:26Z")
I could be wrong, but, from a preliminary reading it seems like faeries derive strength from the faith of those who believe in them. All this time I thought that was purely from the community-college ‘Peter Pan’ production. (although I have heard it used as an explanation to why all discarded gods no longer have power:dubious:) In my opinion that’s got to be one hell of a confirmation bias problem. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2008, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-wanted-to-have-an-experience-with-the-fae-where-would-i-go/472956/10 "2008-11-16T07:50:57Z")
> [@Shagnasty](#): > > I would suggest San Francisco late at night at one of the happening clubs. I was waiting for this. 😉 Try leaving a bowl of milk out on Midsummer’s Eve, and then watching from a safe distance. Or if you want to get out and see the world, Carn Gluze in St. Just in Penwith, Cornwall, UK, is supposed to be a good site for the fairy dance. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2008, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-wanted-to-have-an-experience-with-the-fae-where-would-i-go/472956/11 "2008-11-16T13:41:35Z")
Go to Kilkenny, Ireland and drink a liter of Jameson. If this doesn’t conjure up faeries, I can’t help you. ---
**Author:** ![Hoops](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoops/32/6408_2.png) [@Hoops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoops)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2008, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-wanted-to-have-an-experience-with-the-fae-where-would-i-go/472956/12 "2008-11-16T14:54:49Z")
From **Karyn** ’s search, the second hit: > [@THE FAIRY DOME](#): > > Next time you are walking in the forest and you see a gust of leaves blowing by, look between the leaves, maybe there is a whole army of elf’s raging past your very eye’s. When you catch a glint of light from the tree tops is it the sun reflecting off the leave’s or is it a Leaf Tullie leaping around. When you find an opening in the woods and you see bent grass , but no sign of foot prints, small stone circles, or strange tasting feacies near tree roots all are sine’s of Fairy activity. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2008, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-wanted-to-have-an-experience-with-the-fae-where-would-i-go/472956/13 "2008-11-16T14:56:30Z")
> [@Manduck](#): > > If you eat some of the toadstools you might even see one 😃 Yeah, when one of 'em comes out to bitchslap your ass for eating her lovely furniture. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2008, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-wanted-to-have-an-experience-with-the-fae-where-would-i-go/472956/14 "2008-11-16T15:12:54Z")
“strange tasting feacies near tree roots all are sine’s of Fairy activity.” Hmm. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2008, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-wanted-to-have-an-experience-with-the-fae-where-would-i-go/472956/15 "2008-11-16T15:25:35Z")
> [@fisha](#): > > “strange tasting feacies near tree roots all are sine’s of Fairy activity.” > > Hmm. It makes sense. Anyone who abuses apostrophes so badly has got to be dumb enough to eat shit. ---
**Author:** ![Karyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/fbc32d/32.png) [@Karyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karyn)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2008, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-wanted-to-have-an-experience-with-the-fae-where-would-i-go/472956/16 "2008-11-16T15:25:40Z")
> [@](#): > > …or strange tasting feacies near tree roots all are sine’s of Fairy activity. Well if that’s true then you should come to my house because I have all sorts of [strange](http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g132/KGpictures/Flowers/mushrooms1.jpg) and odd looking [mushrooms](http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g132/KGpictures/Flowers/mushrooms4.jpg) growing out of the bases of oak and madrone trees right now. You’ll have to taste test them yourself though. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2008, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-wanted-to-have-an-experience-with-the-fae-where-would-i-go/472956/17 "2008-11-16T23:30:13Z")
Europe. North Americas has a relative dearth of Wee Folk, saving perhaps the Stone Throwers, & those lil dudes are alleged to be mean. I would suggest a European knick-knack shop. Eat some shrooms before beginning your adventure. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-wanted-to-have-an-experience-with-the-fae-where-would-i-go/472956/18 "2008-11-17T00:37:27Z")
At the bottom of my garden. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-wanted-to-have-an-experience-with-the-fae-where-would-i-go/472956/19 "2008-11-17T00:58:43Z")
The Fair Folk can be found all over if you but know how to look. My neighborhood is filled with Russian immigrants, who have brought Slavic faeries with them. I myself have a domovoi- a small, helpful household spirit who helps prevent fires and keep away pests and such. He looks a little like a Russian Ed Asner only two feet tall and covered in hair. There is a surviving fae court in Philadelphia. As I have said before, this is why there is so much iron work in the old city. ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-wanted-to-have-an-experience-with-the-fae-where-would-i-go/472956/20 "2008-11-17T01:05:04Z")
The town of [Wall](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=wall,+england&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=19.649488,56.601563&ie=UTF8&ll=55.014786,-2.132463&spn=0.013829,0.055275&t=h&z=14), UK is [known](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stardust_(novel))for it’s proximity to Faerie [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-wanted-to-have-an-experience-with-the-fae-where-would-i-go/472956.md?page=2)