fairy hills
fairy hills is the plural of fairy hill.
Meaning of fairy hill
Noun
fairy hill (plural fairy hills)
- A hill, barrow (tumulus), or other circular eminence, beneath which fairies live.
- On this Hill [...] are the Remains of a CAMP, and where the Ground has suffered no Rupture are to be seen Tokens of circular Tents, called Fairy Hills, round which the vulgar report these Sylphes were wont to dance.1754, Thomas Gardner, An Historical Account of Dunwich, Antiently a City, Now a Borough, page 189
- Synonyms:
- elf hill, elf howe, fairy barrow, fairy fort, fairy mound, fairy rath
Questions about fairy hills
- What is fairy hills the plural of?
- Fairy hills is the plural of fairy hill.
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