FtV - The Derry Fairy
New England Legends Podcast
Jeff Belanger
4.8 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 24 November 2025
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 142 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger explore the shores of Beaver Lake in Derry, New Hampshire, searching for the Derry Fairy. In the 1600s, Tsienneto, came to the lake and built shelter on an enchanted island in the middle. While hunting near the lake, he had a run-in with the local Pawtucket people. The capture lead to prophecy and legend with later ties to colonists and even (possibly) the United States space program. This episode first aired January 21, 2021
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome, legendary listeners. Thanks for tuning in to From the Vault, a second look at some of our classic episodes. Look for a new episode every week. |
| 0:08.5 | Now, can you go back and listen on your own at our New Englandledges.com? You bet. |
| 0:12.9 | But you won't get the added bonus of an after-the-legion segment featuring new commentary about that episode from your old pals Jeff and Ray. |
| 0:21.2 | So let's open up the New England Legends Vault and revisit another legendary episode. |
| 0:28.1 | Hey kids, welcome to the vault. |
| 0:30.1 | Welcome to the vault here in Dairy, New Hampshire. |
| 0:33.2 | Well, we'll go searching for the Dairy Fairy. |
| 0:35.5 | First aired January 21st, 2021. Enjoy. |
| 0:39.8 | So, Jeff, you said we're looking for some kind of flower here by Beaver Lake in Derry, New Hampshire? |
| 0:44.4 | We are. Some call it a jack in the pulpit flower, because as it starts to bloom, this large, like, glossy green leaf with crimson streaks rises above the central stigma, and it's kind of |
| 0:55.9 | encircled by the bottom part of the leaf. So it almost looks like a person standing at some kind |
| 1:00.7 | of church pulpit with the angled board above the head to project the preacher's voice. |
| 1:05.2 | But it's also been called a bog onion. Okay. Well, it happens when we find it? Right. Well, so the flower itself |
| 1:11.9 | isn't really the objective here today. It just means maybe we're getting close. Right. So what is the |
| 1:17.8 | objective? We're walking the shores of Beaver Lake searching for the Dairy Ferry. I'm Jeff Belanger, and welcome to episode 179 of the New England Legends podcast. |
| 1:32.3 | If you give us about 10 minutes, we'll give you something strange to talk about today. |
| 1:36.3 | And I'm Ray Osier. Derry, New Hampshire is our next stop on our journey to chronicle every legend in New England one story at a time. |
| 1:43.3 | We appreciate you coming along |
| 1:44.6 | with us and being a part of this community of legend seekers. We'd love it when you share our |
| 1:49.1 | podcast with a friend or two, and please consider posting a review for us on Apple Podcasts. It takes |
| 1:54.4 | just a couple minutes, and it really helps others find us. The more people in our community, |
| 1:58.9 | the more story leads that get shared. We love this |
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