Hiort The Earth-House ‘House of Fairies’ Tigh an t’sithiche. 500 B.C.—600 A.D. Heersht……Heersht……Heersht Waves stroking sands salt kiss Peace and tranquillity I listen as I sink and spin Hundreds of voices yet every individual word, clear. I hear a pleasant tinkling sound Children’s laughter squeals of play I follow sounds of joy Across this land so far away. Fifty Fairies danced ‘The dance of the five circles’ 0 0 0 0 0 And they turned one each the other way As each circle spun opposite around Each fairy did pirouette And as they twirled and laughed and spun My heart bereft regret. Music played from tiny harps Twang—Twang—Twung---Twong---Twing---Twing The angelic strings from a golden fleece I thought, may be from Greece. And a whistling quartet Blew pursed lipped horns Spiral whispering winds For the stacs to sway on a sunny day Be the angels’ hearts to sing I laughed aloud and my feet did tap ‘Twas the magic fairy ring. We danced round left and we danced round right Until the moon rose to the stars And beams of light glowed with delight ‘Twas laughter through a deep dark night. The fairies kissed and hugged and loved As they waved to say ‘Farewell’ They all blew stardust from their palms Towards a ‘wishing-well’. They lived in tunnels beneath the ground Fireflies beam a rainbow glow And through the tunnel was a room Where a granny sat to sow. She told secret tales from the edge of time Of love and loss and greed and lust Of all the wishes born from love And the evil people cussed. I told her of the ‘Fairy—dance’ And the fairy Flag from Skye She smiled and laughed And shook her head For to whisper with a sigh. I told her of the ‘Fairy---Bridge’ And a love which had to die And she sat so sad And bowed her head As a tear fell from her eye. I bade farewell She kissed my cheek And she wished my journey safe With sadness in my heart to go I left somewhere to wait. Float from the Isle Dip the moon swoon low For a starlight path to glow As a silver road, bridge a golden fold Where the fairies tales are told.