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It's also been adapted for the stage, and was even made into an opera, which premiered in 1954 and has been performed at various theatres

“Bite No Bit, And Drink No Drop”🍓
In #folklore/#foodlore, to consume the food/drink of the fae is a dangerous act. Many fairy tales and Gothic fantasies draw upon this superstition, including 'Childe Rowland', 'Goblin Market' (1862), & 'Pan's Labyrinth' (2006) #FolkloreThursday

@EvaRiver4 It was in one of my favourite collections as a child. Also loved 'East of the Sun and West of the Moon' (albeit not a Grimm tale, and with a happier ending)

'I saw the storm rush down the valley, a sudden blackness, and then, like a curse, a flash, a tremendous crash, re-echoed by a dozen hills. “I told him,” Dionea said very quietly...“that if he did not leave me alone Heaven would send him an accident.”'
- ‘Dionea’, Vernon Lee

You can read a full scan of the original collection - with illustrations by Ernest C. Peixotto - online for free here: https://t.co/xVWS1aZOm0 #WomensHistoryMonth

At the close of her life, her belief in spiritualism was a comfort to her, and her epitaph reads "Past, to where beyond those voices there is peace." You can read more about Marryat's life here: https://t.co/82KwBtKG5Z #31DaysofHalloween

Their most famous act was the ‘spirit cabinet’, in which musical instruments were placed alongside the brothers, who were tied up at opposite ends of the box. After locking the doors, music could be heard, supposedly played by #ghosts inside the cabinet 👻#31DaysofHalloween

26) WILLIAM H. MUMLER
American spirit photographer, credited with being the first person to capture #ghosts on camera. Mumler’s career in spirit photography started when he accidentally captured a self-portrait that seemed to show the ghost of his cousin #31DaysofHalloween

24. ‘Curious, if True’, Elizabeth Gaskell,
"all at once I saw a château before me...at the end of what seemed to be an ancient avenue...Large, stately, & dark was its outline against the dusky night-sky...fantastically going up into the dim starlight." #GothicAdvent

16. ‘The Open Door’, Margaret Oliphant,
"restlessly wandering to & fro; sometimes the voice dropped, as if throwing itself down, sometimes wandered off a few paces, growing sharp & clear. “Oh, mother, let me in! oh, mother, mother, let me in! oh, let me in!”" #GothicAdvent