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"New lamps for old!" #FairyTaleTuesday
#vintage #illustration by Arthur Rackham, depicting Aladdin's magical lamp being traded by the housekeeper
#vintage #illustration by Anne Anderson (1874-1952, Scottish) #FairyTaleTuesday @EnchantedEzine
Rapunzel letting down her hair for the jailer witch to climb up into the prison tower, and Snow White being offered a poison apple by the wicked Queen who's disguised as a hag #FairyTaleTuesday
#illustration by Gustaf Tenggren (1896-1970, Swedish > American)
#FairytaleTuesday "A Midsummer Night's Dream" #illustration by Frances Isabelle Lockwood Brundage (1854-1937, American)
Pauline Baynes' 1954 front cover #illustration for "The Horse and his Boy", by C. S. Lewis, published by Puffin 1978.
About a Talking Horse from Narnia, whose name is Breehy-hinny-brinny-hoohy-hah #fairytaletuesday
"Walnuts you can pickle, the vinegars' good; if you've a sore throat, then use it you should"
#FolkloreThursday
lore collected by Síghle Ní Laoghaire in Co. Cork, Eire, sourced via https://t.co/w4ZT54jOwJ
Link; https://t.co/dV6P7Bvt02
"N is for Nuts, they a wholesome dish make
Oats make fine porridge, so highly nutritious
P is for Parsnips - when cooked they're delicious Q is for Quince, which cures gumboils quite soon"
#FolkloreThursday
"Ivy and Vinegar makes a corn cure
Jelly from Carrageen's nourishing and pure
K is a letter from which I will keep
L is for Lettuce - eat this and you'll sleep
M is for Mint, which is good for headache"
#FolkloreThursday
"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