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Speaker 1 (00:02):
This is a clip from the Weird Walk Home. You
can access the entire episode now on our website and
all podcast platforms.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
Wizarding World of Harry Potter has pushed the idea of
the house fairy into the modern mainstream consciousness, but it
has been in the shadows of human awareness for quite
some time. As I discussed in the last episode Haunt,
Sweet Haunt, accounts of beings in the home space have
(00:33):
been around nearly forever. The opening clips are claimed to
be real recordings of house fairies taken within the last
fifteen years. Although the film quality could perhaps use improvement,
and some people may say that the blurriness either lends
(00:55):
to or damages the credibility of the claims, it is
potential evidence, if nothing else. For as long as people
have had houses, they have apparently also had house elves
and house fairies. They are called many names and with
(01:17):
many distinctions in many cultures. In Scotland we have the brownie.
These are typically said to be under two feet tall,
with wrinkled brown skin and large noses, rather similar to
Dobby in the Hairy Potter World. Actually, and apparently they
have the power to shape shift. They hide during the
(01:40):
day in the walls and or other liminal spaces, it
is asserted, and come out at night to clean and
mend when the human family has gone to sleep. Older
accounts say that they enjoy sitting by the fireplace and
use horseshoes as little seats. This I find fascinating because
(02:02):
typically iron is legendary and keeping fairies away. I do suspect, however,
that this alleged iron clad method of repellent is not
indeed iron clad, for I believe that individual and family
genetics of the fairy in question determine the response to iron,
(02:23):
much as metal allergies run in some human individuals and families.
It is within the old lore that brownies turn into
boggarts when angered. Here again we see a separate ego.
It seems, as I've discussed in the episode Imaginary, the
(02:44):
band tea is the Irish variant of a brownie. These
are sweet fairies who live in a household and help
with the chores. The difference between the band tea and
the brownie is the sex and or gin. The band
tea is female or presents as such. Band tea translates
(03:08):
to women of the house. She's typically wearing shabby clothes,
with a wrinkly face, and standing no taller than a
few feet. She helps with household chores and guards children
and animals in the house. The Scottish have their Brownie,
the Irish the band tea, and the Slavs the Domovoi.
(03:32):
The Domovoy are hearth fairies. They are loyal, strong protectors
of the home as long as they are fed and happy.
The domovoy are allegedly a type of elf who live
in the hearth's flames, shape shifters, appearing as little women, men, cats, cows,
(03:52):
or pigs. They sometimes are also called the old men
of the house and are believed to be an ancestor's spirit.
In some renditions of the lore, the oldest person would
need to be the first to enter the new home
and would be the first to die, which would transform
(04:13):
them into the home's Domavoi. Interestingly enough, there are dozens
of historical claims that human people can and do sometimes
become fae upon physical death. I do speak about this
in further detail in both episodes Missing and Dear, respectively.
(04:36):
I agree that this is likely because I believe that
death and brushes with it transform a person in ways
not yet understood by humanity. Unfortunately, I lack the time
and the energy to detail every type of recorded house ferry,
(04:57):
as there may be, indeed hundreds, but generally speaking, there
are some considerable perks and risks to having a house ferry.
They are said to help with chores, mainly, as well
as to return lost items, to mend clothing, bring fortune
and opportunity, to protect the home and all within from
(05:20):
a multitude of ill encounters. Some may act as a
genie too, imparting wisdom and creativity upon human companions. This
word is where we got the word genius. After all,
they may enchant food in order to enhance its freshness, taste,
(05:41):
or longevity, or to keep the home free from pests.
On the other hand, if neglected, disrespected, or angered, they
may turn against their human companions, making large messes, tearing
up clothing and spoiling food, physically attacking and otherwise tormenting
(06:04):
the offender, bringing bad fortune, interrupting sleep, hiding or destroying
important items. Legends are one thing, but what about real
life experiences?
Speaker 1 (06:18):
Today was knitting alone in the backyard and watching the
birds eat out of the feeder. I was out there
for about probably about thirty minutes when suddenly I heard
like a popping sound. And the only way I could
(06:38):
really describe the sound is by comparing it to those
little white poppers that are thrown to the ground for
the noise to be made. And I looked up for
my knitting and I realized that this strange sound came
from the middle of the tree I was sitting next to.
And I looked up at the tree in confusion, and
what I saw falling from the tree branch was more bottling.
Speaker 3 (07:01):
Than this elusive popping noise.
Speaker 1 (07:05):
What looked like finge silvery paper was spiraling down from
the branches to the ground below. And I got up
from my chair for a closer look. And really I
was close enough to reach out and touch these shiny flakes.
Speaker 3 (07:21):
However, I seemed to not be able to.
Speaker 1 (07:22):
Do so, Like I knew, I really was not supposed
to touch them.
Speaker 3 (07:27):
As I watched these little flakes hit the earth.
Speaker 1 (07:30):
They just all dissipated right in front of me. After
this is when my husband and I really noticed odd
things that seem to be happening at night. The mail
we tossed on the coffee table is neatly stacked and
sordered by the next morning, and.
Speaker 3 (07:48):
The clean socks that I leave in heaps are folded up.
Speaker 1 (07:53):
In the laundry room. You know, the dog's bowl is
cleaned and filled with food and fresh water. All these
things were really odd, but rather enjoyable.
Speaker 3 (08:02):
Actually.
Speaker 1 (08:04):
One point of particular fixation was my knitting basket is
where I keep.
Speaker 3 (08:09):
On the materials and supplies.
Speaker 1 (08:12):
And you know, at times when I got my yarn
tangled up and impossible knots, I would just discard it
out of frustration, and then I would wake up the
next morning the yarn would be rolled up in a ball,
and my tools were all put away nicely and neatly now,
so all the scraps of yarn looked over from my
projects would be gone.
Speaker 3 (08:33):
The longer this went on, I.
Speaker 1 (08:35):
Grew more suspicious that we were not living alone anymore
in the house. I brought it up to my husband,
and to my surprise, he agreed with me. I while
after we came to this realization that we hit something
that was living in our house intending to chores. That night,
he went away out of town for a few days,
(08:55):
and this really seemed to upset the brownie in the
spare room. I heard a series of suft thuds and
clamor when he was gone, and one night I went
into the room to investigate, and now I found a
bunch of party supplies and extra tablecloths tossed all over.
Speaker 3 (09:12):
At first, I.
Speaker 1 (09:12):
Figured it was only gravity at work, so I put
everything back where it was and where it went. As
I went back to the kitchen, I heard the same
clamor as before, and I went back into the spare
room and was again found it a mess and cleaned
it up once again. And this occurred two more times
before I finally went to bed, and I this actually
(09:35):
rather scared me. When he got home, things went back
the way it was for the most part. Some nights
things were not tidied up at all, and other nights
everything was put back as it was before. And this
went on and off for a while until one day
I was in the kitchen making some bread and actually
(09:55):
out of the corner
This is a clip from the Weird Walk Home. You
can access the entire episode now on our website and
all podcast platforms.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
Wizarding World of Harry Potter has pushed the idea of
the house fairy into the modern mainstream consciousness, but it
has been in the shadows of human awareness for quite
some time. As I discussed in the last episode Haunt,
Sweet Haunt, accounts of beings in the home space have
(00:33):
been around nearly forever. The opening clips are claimed to
be real recordings of house fairies taken within the last
fifteen years. Although the film quality could perhaps use improvement,
and some people may say that the blurriness either lends
(00:55):
to or damages the credibility of the claims, it is
potential evidence, if nothing else. For as long as people
have had houses, they have apparently also had house elves
and house fairies. They are called many names and with
(01:17):
many distinctions in many cultures. In Scotland we have the brownie.
These are typically said to be under two feet tall,
with wrinkled brown skin and large noses, rather similar to
Dobby in the Hairy Potter World. Actually, and apparently they
have the power to shape shift. They hide during the
(01:40):
day in the walls and or other liminal spaces, it
is asserted, and come out at night to clean and
mend when the human family has gone to sleep. Older
accounts say that they enjoy sitting by the fireplace and
use horseshoes as little seats. This I find fascinating because
(02:02):
typically iron is legendary and keeping fairies away. I do suspect, however,
that this alleged iron clad method of repellent is not
indeed iron clad, for I believe that individual and family
genetics of the fairy in question determine the response to iron,
(02:23):
much as metal allergies run in some human individuals and families.
It is within the old lore that brownies turn into
boggarts when angered. Here again we see a separate ego.
It seems, as I've discussed in the episode Imaginary, the
(02:44):
band tea is the Irish variant of a brownie. These
are sweet fairies who live in a household and help
with the chores. The difference between the band tea and
the brownie is the sex and or gin. The band
tea is female or presents as such. Band tea translates
(03:08):
to women of the house. She's typically wearing shabby clothes,
with a wrinkly face, and standing no taller than a
few feet. She helps with household chores and guards children
and animals in the house. The Scottish have their Brownie,
the Irish the band tea, and the Slavs the Domovoi.
(03:32):
The Domovoy are hearth fairies. They are loyal, strong protectors
of the home as long as they are fed and happy.
The domovoy are allegedly a type of elf who live
in the hearth's flames, shape shifters, appearing as little women, men, cats, cows,
(03:52):
or pigs. They sometimes are also called the old men
of the house and are believed to be an ancestor's spirit.
In some renditions of the lore, the oldest person would
need to be the first to enter the new home
and would be the first to die, which would transform
(04:13):
them into the home's Domavoi. Interestingly enough, there are dozens
of historical claims that human people can and do sometimes
become fae upon physical death. I do speak about this
in further detail in both episodes Missing and Dear, respectively.
(04:36):
I agree that this is likely because I believe that
death and brushes with it transform a person in ways
not yet understood by humanity. Unfortunately, I lack the time
and the energy to detail every type of recorded house ferry,
(04:57):
as there may be, indeed hundreds, but generally speaking, there
are some considerable perks and risks to having a house ferry.
They are said to help with chores, mainly, as well
as to return lost items, to mend clothing, bring fortune
and opportunity, to protect the home and all within from
(05:20):
a multitude of ill encounters. Some may act as a
genie too, imparting wisdom and creativity upon human companions. This
word is where we got the word genius. After all,
they may enchant food in order to enhance its freshness, taste,
(05:41):
or longevity, or to keep the home free from pests.
On the other hand, if neglected, disrespected, or angered, they
may turn against their human companions, making large messes, tearing
up clothing and spoiling food, physically attacking and otherwise tormenting
(06:04):
the offender, bringing bad fortune, interrupting sleep, hiding or destroying
important items. Legends are one thing, but what about real
life experiences?
Speaker 1 (06:18):
Today was knitting alone in the backyard and watching the
birds eat out of the feeder. I was out there
for about probably about thirty minutes when suddenly I heard
like a popping sound. And the only way I could
(06:38):
really describe the sound is by comparing it to those
little white poppers that are thrown to the ground for
the noise to be made. And I looked up for
my knitting and I realized that this strange sound came
from the middle of the tree I was sitting next to.
And I looked up at the tree in confusion, and
what I saw falling from the tree branch was more bottling.
Speaker 3 (07:01):
Than this elusive popping noise.
Speaker 1 (07:05):
What looked like finge silvery paper was spiraling down from
the branches to the ground below. And I got up
from my chair for a closer look. And really I
was close enough to reach out and touch these shiny flakes.
Speaker 3 (07:21):
However, I seemed to not be able to.
Speaker 1 (07:22):
Do so, Like I knew, I really was not supposed
to touch them.
Speaker 3 (07:27):
As I watched these little flakes hit the earth.
Speaker 1 (07:30):
They just all dissipated right in front of me. After
this is when my husband and I really noticed odd
things that seem to be happening at night. The mail
we tossed on the coffee table is neatly stacked and
sordered by the next morning, and.
Speaker 3 (07:48):
The clean socks that I leave in heaps are folded up.
Speaker 1 (07:53):
In the laundry room. You know, the dog's bowl is
cleaned and filled with food and fresh water. All these
things were really odd, but rather enjoyable.
Speaker 3 (08:02):
Actually.
Speaker 1 (08:04):
One point of particular fixation was my knitting basket is
where I keep.
Speaker 3 (08:09):
On the materials and supplies.
Speaker 1 (08:12):
And you know, at times when I got my yarn
tangled up and impossible knots, I would just discard it
out of frustration, and then I would wake up the
next morning the yarn would be rolled up in a ball,
and my tools were all put away nicely and neatly now,
so all the scraps of yarn looked over from my
projects would be gone.
Speaker 3 (08:33):
The longer this went on, I.
Speaker 1 (08:35):
Grew more suspicious that we were not living alone anymore
in the house. I brought it up to my husband,
and to my surprise, he agreed with me. I while
after we came to this realization that we hit something
that was living in our house intending to chores. That night,
he went away out of town for a few days,
(08:55):
and this really seemed to upset the brownie in the
spare room. I heard a series of suft thuds and
clamor when he was gone, and one night I went
into the room to investigate, and now I found a
bunch of party supplies and extra tablecloths tossed all over.
Speaker 3 (09:12):
At first, I.
Speaker 1 (09:12):
Figured it was only gravity at work, so I put
everything back where it was and where it went. As
I went back to the kitchen, I heard the same
clamor as before, and I went back into the spare
room and was again found it a mess and cleaned
it up once again. And this occurred two more times
before I finally went to bed, and I this actually
(09:35):
rather scared me. When he got home, things went back
the way it was for the most part. Some nights
things were not tidied up at all, and other nights
everything was put back as it was before. And this
went on and off for a while until one day
I was in the kitchen making some bread and actually
(09:55):
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