The constellation
F255 Peculiar limitations of fairies
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- Fairies must trade whenever it is demanded of them. It does not matter how uneven the trade may be · F255.1 entry
- Fairies can set down an object once but cannot raise it again · F255.2 entry
- Fairies once seen by mortals no longer invisible at will · F255.3 entry
- Fairy army can go among mortals only on Hallowe'en · F255.4 entry
- Fairies do not bend grass as they walk. (Cf. F261.2, F973.2.) · F255.5 entry