Old Fashioned Garden Tricks That Still Work Perfectly...

Under The Faerie Mounds...

The Tuatha de Dannan (an excellent explanation)...

Queen Mab, The Blue Faerie...

Lily-of-the-valley...

Sorrel...

Woodland Faerie Flowers, --- Foxgloves, Trillium & Violets...

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Asparagus!!!...

>>> I just went out to pick asparagus, growing among the wild strawberries. The asparagus is 1/2 inch thick and almost 2 feet long. So delicious it seldom makes it to the pot. I just eat it raw!!!...

Happy Mother's Day to Mother Earth too!!!...

The Mother Goddess Danu...

Danu is a primordial mother goddess in Irish mythology, regarded as the progenitor of the Tuatha Dé Danann and associated with fertility, water, and the nurturing forces of the earth. Identity and Role Danu is considered a mother goddess or earth-mother figure in Celtic religion, though she is not directly attested in medieval Irish texts. Her name is reconstructed from the genitive form Danann, found in the collective name Tuatha Dé Danann, which translates to “the People of the Goddess Danu”. She is often interpreted as a primordial water goddess, symbolizing life-giving rivers and fertility, and is thought to have given rise to the gods of Ireland. Wikipedia +3 Attributes and Symbolism Danu embodies fertility, wisdom, and nurturing qualities, reflecting her role as a protective and generative force in the natural and divine worlds. She is sometimes associated with agriculture, artistic skill, and the cycles of nature, emphasizing her importance to early Celtic societies that relied on the land for sustenance. Some scholars link her to other goddesses, such as Anu, suggesting that Danu may be a conflation or alternative name for her. irishhistory.com +2 Connection to the Tuatha Dé Danann The Tuatha Dé Danann are a legendary race of deities and skilled beings in Irish mythology, often depicted as magical and highly cultured. They are considered the children or descendants of Danu, inheriting her qualities of wisdom, skill, and magical prowess. Notable figures among them include Lugh, a master of skills and warrior, Brigid, goddess of poetry and healing, and Nuada, a king embodying leadership and honor. Britannica +1 Etymology and Historical Context The name Danu may derive from the Proto-Indo-European root danu, meaning “flow” or “river,” highlighting her association with water and fertility. Other linguistic theories connect her to artistic skill (dán) or to the Proto-Celtic root Duonū, meaning “good” or “aristocrat”. Her worship likely reflects a fusion of pre-Celtic and Celtic traditions, integrating local river deities and earth-mother figures into the Irish pantheon. mythologyworldwide.com +1 Legacy Although Danu herself has no surviving myths or legends in medieval texts, her influence persists through the Tuatha Dé Danann and the enduring cultural memory of Ireland’s mythological landscape. She represents the primordial source of life, fertility, and divine lineage, leaving a lasting imprint on Celtic mythology and spiritual heritage. Wikipedia +2

The Tuatha de Dannan Faerie Goddess Brighid...

She was Aohghus Mac Og's older sister, so, of course, she looks a lot like him... Brighid or Brigit (/ˈbrɪdʒɪd, ˈbriːɪd/ BRIJ-id, BREE-id, Irish: [ˈbʲɾʲiːdʲ]; meaning 'exalted one'), also Bríg, is a goddess of pre-Christian Ireland. She appears in Irish mythology as a member of the Tuatha Dé Danann, the daughter of the Dagda and wife of Bres, with whom she had a son named Ruadán. She is associated with wisdom, poetry, healing, protection, smithing and domesticated animals. Cormac's Glossary, written in the 9th century by Christian monks, says that Brigid was "the goddess whom poets adored" and that she had two sisters: Brigid the healer and Brigid the smith. This suggests she may have been a triple deity. She is also thought to have some relation to the British Celtic goddess Brigantia. Saint Brigit shares many of the goddess's attributes and her feast day, 1 February, was originally a festival called Imbolc. It has thus been argued that the saint is a Christianization of the goddess, or that the lore of the goddess was transferred to her, and that Imbolc was originally associated with the goddess. --- "Wikpedia".

"Song of Wandering Aengus"...

It was a faerie maiden...

Oh, --- darkness!!!...

Faerie Melodies....

They came down from the sky in dark ships...

There are some extremely ancient traces of folklore, before things were written down, of a strange, beautiful very tall race of beings that came down from the sky in "dark ships." (cloaked ???). They were said to be a vastly superior sophisicated race who upon seeing from above the very green and isolated island Eire and it's simple sparce native population decided to settle there. They were the "Children of Danu," the Mother Goddess, the Tuatha de Dannan, (The Tribe of Danu).