Mortals who have danced with the fairies are rarely safe after being saved from their enthrallment. Often, they find that what seemed to be but a brief foray into fairyland was indeed much longer in the mortal realm, possibly weeks or years. The person rescued from the fairy ring may have no memory of their encounter with the sprites, as in a story from Anglesea recorded in 1891. In most tales, the saved interlopers face a grim fate...
The natural history, and the myth of the "fairy ring", from wikipedia is here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairy_ring
Mysterious fairy-type rings are also found in Africa.
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