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The Folk-lore of Plants
·
T. F. Thiselton-Dyer
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The
toadstools
often
found
near
these
so-called
fairy-rings
were
also
thought
to
be
their
workmanship,
and
in
some
localities
are
styled
pixy-stools,
and
in
the
North
of
Wales
"fairy-tables,"
while
the
"cheeses,"
or
fruit
of
the
mallow,
are
known
in
the
North
of
England
as
"fairy-cheeses."
A
species
of
wood
fungus
found
about
the
roots
of
old
trees
is
designated
"fairy-butter,"
because
after
rain,
and
when
in
a
certain
degree
of
putrefaction,
it
is
reduced
to
a
consistency
which,
together
with
its
colour,
makes
it
not
unlike
butter.
The
fairy-butter
of
the
Welsh
is
a
substance
found
at
a
great
depth
in
cavities
of
limestone
rocks.
Ritson,
in
his
"Fairy
Tales,"
speaking
of
the
fairies
who
frequented
many
parts
of
Durham,
relates
how
"a
woman
who
had
been
in
their
society
challenged
one
of
the
guests
whom
she
espied
in
the
market
selling
fairy-butter,"
an
accusation,
however,
which
was
deeply
resented.
Browne,
in
his
"Britannia's
Pastorals,"
makes
the
table
on
which
they
feast
consist
of:
"A
little
mushroom,
that
was
now
grown
thinner
By
being
one
time
shaven
for
the
dinner."
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