A woman of the Sidhe (the fey) came in, and said that the girl was chosen to be the bride of the prince of the dim kingdom, but that as it would never do for his wife to grow old and die while he was still in the first ardour of his love, she would be gifted with a faery life. - The Celtic Twilight by William Butler Yeats(1893, 1902) ...................................................................................................................................................The fairies, as we know, are greatly attracted by the beauty of mortal women, and . . . the king employs his numerous sprites to find out and carry [them] off when possible. -Ancient Legends, Mystic Charms, and Superstitions of Ireland by Lady Francesca Speranza Wilde (1887) ...................................................................................................................................................Once they take you and you taste the food . . . you acnnot come back. You are changed . . . and live with them for ever. -The Fairy Faith in Celtic Countries by W. Y. Evans-Wentz (1911) ...................................................................................................................................................[The Sleagh Maith, or the Good People, are] terrified by nothing earthly so much as by cold Iron. -The Seceret Commonwealth by Robert Kirk and Andrew Lang (1893)