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"E is for Elder, it makes fine face cream
Figs cure toothache, if in hot milk they steam
G is for Ginger, it's good for the gout
H is for Honey, it makes you grow stout"
#FolkloreThursday
An old plant alphabet via https://t.co/w4ZT54jOwJ -
"A is for Almonds, for coughs, colds, and chills
B is for Barley, it cures many ills
C is for Cabbage, it's good for the skin
Drink Dandelion Wine; and you'll never be thin" #FolkloreThursday
"The Goose Girl" Grimm c1815 #FairyTaleTuesday
"Falada, Falada, thou art dead, and all the joy in my life has fled"
"Alas, alas, if your mother knew, her loving heart would break in two"
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1 Jiří Trnka (1912-69 Czech)
2 Anne Anderson (1874-1952 Scottish)
Alice at the Mad Hatter's Tea Party - #vintage #book #illustration by Marjorie Torrey (1899-1964, American) #FairyTaleTuesday
#vintage #illustration by John Berry for "Cinderella" in "The Wonder Book of Famous Tales", published by Odhams in 1938 #FairyTaleTuesday
"Mirror, mirror, on the wall
Who is the fairest of them all?" #FairyTaleTuesday
The wicked Queen from the "Snow White" tale, #illustration by Alice Helena Watson (1896 – 1984, British)
William Stott (British 1857–1900); 'Tristram's Farewell to Iseult' #FairyTaleTuesday
#art #painting
2. "The Swineherd" #FairyTaleTuesday
https://t.co/QMjUxksWrz
"Be off with you!" the king said in a rage. Both Princess and swineherd were turned out of his empire. There she stood crying. The swineherd scolded, and the rain came down in torrents"
#illustration by Jiri Trnka
#FairyTaleTuesday "The Swineherd", by Hans Christian Anderson https://t.co/QMjUxksWrz
"Such naughtiness!" the king said, when he saw them kissing; he boxed their ears with his slipper, just as the swineherd was taking his 86th kiss"
illustration by Barbara C. Freeman c1950s