Fairy Words For Granting Wishes

by Agnes
(Pennsylvania)

What do fairies say when they grant a wish?

Ophelia Fey says -- Fairy words for granting wishes may include a variety of things (not abracadabra as mentioned in your tales -- although that is very fun!) Remember that in the realm of Faerie we do have our own language, and so for me to relay our words would be rather impossible. At any rate, such things are fairies' secrets which I would not be allowed to share.

We do not always say something when a wish is granted. Some wishes do not need it. Others do need a "boost" to send it on its way. Granting, after all, is a process. It most normally does not happen in a split second or over night as in your cartoons and movies. Wish granting depends very much on the receiver, and how able he or she is to receive a granted wish (not just put it out). And if there are any blockages in the way. And all the other factors that go into making it work out.

I receive many a question about wishes, enough to write a book. And maybe I will. But perhaps three of the most important factors in wishes are not what a fairy says, but what you say -- and if the wish is do-able; the patience and persistence of the Belief and Faith of the wisher; and the necessary gestation time needed for the wish to grow and come to fulfillment. If those are lacking, fairy words will not make a wish come true. Ponder these words well, when you make a wish.

Ophelia Fey, fairy