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Fairy-A tiny being in human form with wings depicted as clever, mischievious and possesing magical powers.

Where did the word fairy come from

1. Fairy comes from Faerie (French)
2. Faerie comes from Fa'ae (Gallic)
3. Fa'ae comes from Fata (Latin, meaning the fates)

Thanks to Alexandra's Fairies for the Information

When the first baby laughed for the first time, the laugh broke into a thousand pieces and they all went skipping about, and that was the beginning of fairies. And now when every new baby is born its first laugh becomes a fairy. So there ought to be one fairy for every boy or girl.-J.M. Barrie, author of Peter Pan.

Nicknames and other names for fairies

Many people from many places believe in fairies. Therefore there have been many names. Here are a few. If you know of any other name then e-mail it to me at starrynite_2005@hotmail.com and I will be glad to add it too this list.

Fays - an early form of the word
Fair Family, Fair Folk - Welsh nickname
Farisees/Pharisees - Suffolk nickname
Sidhe - Irish name meaning "People of the Mound"
Fary - Northumberland nickname
Fees - Upper Brittany nickname
Feriers/Ferishers - another Suffolk nickname
Frairies - Norfolk and Suffolk version
Good Neighbors - Scottish and Irish nickname
The Green Children - Faerie reference in medieval literature
Greencoaties - Lincolnshire Fen version
Greenies - Lancashire nickname
Klippe - Forfarshire nickname
Li'l Fellas - Manx nickname
The Old People - Cornish nickname
Themselves/They/Them that's in it - Manx replacements for "Faerie"
Verry Volk - Gower (Wales) nickname
Wee Folk - Scottish and Irish nickname

Nicknames from Faeries and other Wee Folk

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