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In search of the Sussex Fairies Event Cache

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Hidden : Saturday, June 30, 2018
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   other (other)

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Geocache Description:


Fairies have always been an elusive creature to find, they have often been pictured sitting on mushrooms or toad stools, therefore this location should offer a good opportunity to find and see them - There are many of the fungi here and hopefully the creatures will appear for us.

The vigil will take place from 11:00 to 12:00 - That would be in 24 hour clock speak, Is there a word that means 24 hours, not found one yet!

This place in its own right is a magical place, large chainsawn sculptures of many forest creatures and flora and fauna

There will be fairy dust available to encourage appearance, the surest way to see them is to bring your own fairy wings along and be photographed on top of the fungi

Fairy Sightings in the loacal counties

Pharisees is an old Sussex name for fairies. Once rife across the Downs, living in ancient earthworks and hill-forts, the fairies were most recently seen on Harrow Hill near Patching, with its flint mines and earthworks, which is said to have been their last home.

In 1652 or thereabouts William Lilly (1602-1681), wrote about how do you make yourself ready to see the fairies. Lilly had some very definite advice here. The fairies he said loved, in their human friends: ‘Neatness and cleanliness in apparel, a strict diet, and upright life, fervent prayers unto God.’ So Bibles and hairbrushes out.

 

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)