The Spirits of the Land Quotes

“Faery encounters are reported to have taken place in the vicinity of thorns too.  The Scottish witch suspect”
― John Kruse, The Spirits of the Land: Faeries and the Soul of Britain

“It is common in folk tradition to come across cases where individuals who have visited or stumbled into Faery are surprised to discover that there are humans living there as well- people that they had thought to be dead.  Several instances may be noted.  The Scottish tale of the Tacksman of Auchriachan relates how a tenant farmer in search of some lost goats came upon a strange house where he was surprised to meet a woman whose funeral he had only recently attended.  As is often the case”
― John Kruse, The Spirits of the Land: Faeries and the Soul of Britain

“I think we could usefully borrow a further term from English property law and talk about the ‘burden’ of the land: this is a term denoting certain costs or obligations that come with a certain body of real estate.  In faery terms”
― John Kruse, The Spirits of the Land: Faeries and the Soul of Britain