Hob/Protects the Kitchen

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FAERIES

 

In England, a hob is a type of Faerie who protects the kitchen.

Leave a little offering of sweet milk and bread on your

stove for the hobs to encourage their presence.

In Ireland, the Tuatha de Danann are active just before

Samhain and will bless your home for a small portion of

the harvest. But any crop left unharvested after sundown

on October 31st is taken by the Phookas, baneful faeries

who will render the crop unfit to eat. These baneful

Faeries will remain active until spring.

In Scandinavian countries, Faeries are most active at

Ostara, The Spring Equinox, when they come to collect

a portion of the Sabbat feast. If they are denied this they

will cause much havoc until Midsummer when the payment of

food can be doubled or again ignored, in which case you

best pack up and move to another country because

their reign of havoc will ensue until next Ostara.

To ensure Faerie good will especially if you see them out

it is an excellent idea to leave the last fruit of any harvest out

for the Faeries. and also a small portion of any of your

Sabbat feast.

It is traditional in many Pagan sects to leave left over from the Esbat

{full moon} feasts to the Faeries. Other Pagan traditions go even further

and decree any food left out at night cannot be eaten by

humans or animals and should be regarded as a gift to the Fae.

In Cornwall and Russia it is a folk custom never to scold a child who

has spilled milk, for this is seen as a gift to the Faeries and

scolding would make it seem as if it were given grudgingly.

This is probably the origin of the popular dofferel,

"don't cry over spilled milk"

 

 

Blessed Be!

 

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