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@FolkloreThurs and also possible source for the later Brer Rabbit stories. #FolkloreThursday
@FolkloreThurs I couldn't find a limerick, so here is a poem about an old gnome from #Bexhill #Sussex, written & illustrated by the talented Nina Kennard Brisley (1898-1978) from the @BexhillObs 16.12.1911. #History #1910s #folklorethursday #Folklore #poem #gnome #fairy #writers
Kendenup Station, Western #Australia 12.5.1887. "Tree Ferns, Australia." #Brassey #Victorian #Travel #History #1880s
Sunbeam "Tuesday, December 25th [1883]. - Christmas morning broke, bright & cheerful over the smooth surface of the broad #Atlantic - more like a summer than a winter's morning. The children were up early..." #Brassey #Victorian #Travel #History #1880s #sailing #yacht #Christmas
@FolkloreThurs "#Old Jimmy Spray" (c.1806-1888) #Bexhill #Sussex #photo c.1860-70. "..the only thing of interest about him [!].. that he was taken from the Workshouse as a #child.. that he was bought from the #Workhouse.." ! #InternationalDayforOlderPersons2020 #FolkloreThursday
#Ballarat #Victoria #Australia 9.6.1887. The boudoir-car is very comfortable & I slept well. They were very kind to me here & wanted to name a new #gold lode after me, I suggested that they call it the "Sunbeam" instead. #Brassey #Victorian #Travel #History #1880s #TravelTuesday
A cozy corner of the deck-house on our steam yacht, Sunbeam. 19.7.1876 Madeira. #Brassey #yacht #sailing #Victorian