Show HAVE FIRM BELIEF IN FAIRIES curious superstitions superstition that are still prevalent in ireland in it eland iceland therease the there reave have been for many many ag ages es curious supers superstition titio no regarding fairies in the old time these imagined little elfine were thought to be half human and half spirit nature and had strange strang powers over mankind the good folk of erin used to propitiate the fairies in many any wai s a few of them being as fol follows lovs if a child spilled milk on the floor the mother would say for the fairies thinking that some fairy had caused the accident thi th the careless child went if one were throwing thi owing slops out of the window or door dihe must cry out to the fairies f take care of the water otherwise fairy passing might get drenched and retaliate in some unpleasant manner if a horseshoe was nailed over the door it would prevent the fairies from entering to do mischief to the inmates it if a small piece of iron were sewed into an infants garment the fairies would never molest it by causing it to suffer colic pains if a large vessel filled with pure water were placed in the kitchen at night the fairies on entering would not touch the food there but content themselves with drinking the water |