My grandfather said when he was a wean, that he was told to put a half bottle of whisky down a rabbit hole on New Year's Day and the #TheWeeFolk would see him right through the year. My grannie said the thing was a saucer of milk on a full moon.
Do I need to sacrifice a calculator now, I wonder?
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They used to say, in the old days, if you got lost in the woods or took a bad route on the moors, that it was "the wee folk" making you lost and bewitching you.
When my satnav sends me on the wrong route, or directs me up a one track road in the middle of nowhere, I am now also blaming it on the Wee Folk. They used to whisper in people's ears and cloud their eyes, now they redo satnav instructions. Still #TheWeeFolk's fault.
I wonder what I have to do to appease them in the digital era?
@Hellybootwader I don't know why it happens here. I always leave a thimble of whisky out for the #WeeFolk every full moon, like my grandfather told me too.
Not even joking. A thimble of whisky out for the week folk on the windowsill every full moon, and a little bottle of it down a rabbit hole every new year's day. My grandfather swore it kept #TheWeeFolk happy.
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