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fairy dart

noun

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  1. A prehistoric stone arrowhead

    A prehistoric stone arrowhead; an elf arrow.

    • Hence, by having a fairy dart in your possession, you can defy the fairies, or can even turn them from active enemies into powerful friends and personal patrons. This curious property makes the stone arrowhead a most valuable charm ...
    • The shape is believed to have been derived from its being originally the mounting of an elf-shot or fairy dart, i.e. flint arrowhead. An old man in Kincardineshire […]

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