Wickerman Festival 2007!!!

**Pour1Malt** · 24th July 07, 10:53 PM

we returned tae see The Peatbog Fairies...

**mkmound** · 25th July 07, 06:39 PM

Great pics! Looks like it was lots of fun.

Originally Posted by Pour1Malt

we returned tae see The Peatbog Fairies...

"Fairies" must have a different slang / street connotation than here in the US (and I'm hoping that's the case) . . . I don't think a band would last long over here with a name like that.

**Archangel** · 25th July 07, 08:04 PM

Originally Posted by mkmound

Great pics! Looks like it was lots of fun.

"Fairies" must have a different slang / street connotation than here in the US (and I'm hoping that's the case) . . . I don't think a band would last long over here with a name like that.

Yep, fairy is a different concept in Scotland. That's the wee folk and they're not like Tinkerbell. They're full of mischief but they take sides and they're fierce, evil fierce. Don't cross them.

And they love the McLeods so don't cross them either. The McLeods have the Faerie Flag as a sign of the promise to protect them and the Faeries always have.

Such is the enduring belief of the MacLeod clan in this talismanic rag that, during WW2, family and clan members who took part in the Battle of Britain allegedly carried photographs of the flag into the air with them. Guess what? They all survived.

I can just the Top Gun types, "What's that?" "Oh, it's a picture of the fairy flag to protect me."

Oh, aye.

(I'm relating this with respect, btw)

It is a different thing.

Anyway, reference firstfoot.com, search faerie.

**Pour1Malt** · 26th July 07, 03:02 AM

oan the wa' back tae the tipi Friday nicht...

peeked intae yin o' the

disco/house/trace/white'erthefekktheyca'thatpoondin'discomusicnoo tents..

lots o' blacklight and lasers...