ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Fairy flag

Ok kiddo, I'm going to tell you about something called the Fairy Flag. It's a special flag that's believed to have some magical powers.

A long, long time ago, in a place called Scotland, there was a castle called Dunvegan Castle. The people who lived there were called MacLeod. They had this flag that they called the Fairy Flag. The flag was very old and had been passed down from generation to generation.

The story goes like this - once upon a time, when the castle was attacked by enemies, the MacLeods asked the fairies for help. And, wouldn't you know it, the fairies responded by giving them a magical flag that would protect the castle whenever it was flown.

Now, the flag may look old and tattered, but it's believed to have brought good luck and saved the castle from harm many times. The MacLeods would always keep it in a special place and only bring it out when there was a real emergency.

Even though nobody knows for sure if it has real magic powers, it's still considered an important artifact of the MacLeod family, and is on display in a museum today.

So that's the story of the Fairy Flag and why it's so special to the MacLeods. Pretty cool, huh?