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According to one writer, Parisian miners in the 19th century hoped to find the "liard de pharaon", a coin from the time of Ancient Egypt.

Whoever unearthed it would be destined for a life of luxuriance.

Ref: Les merveilles du monde souterrain (1868)

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Jasmine is said to attract love & money if grown either in or around the home. It is a powerful
aphrodisiac & is symbolic of the moon, dreams, & the mysteries of the night.
Mary Cicely Barker,
A Flower Fairy Alphabet,
c.1930

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It's -- as well as and so I will share with you all three: some heroines of Angela Carter's short story collection, The Bloody Chamber- Old illustrations, but always dear to me ✨🙏

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Selkies (seals in the sea & women on land) often have tragic stories involving human men hiding their seal skin rendering them unable to enter the ocean & return home. Trapped. Most common in Scotland these tales can also be found in Iceland & Faroe Islands

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In Sif is a goddess associated with earth! Happy (images wiki; Adi Granov)

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A few of my favorite fierce ladies, were Pirates; Anne Bonny, Mary Read, & Ching Shih (1st female Pirate Lord) These bold & adventurous left behind the stereotypes of the 18th century & successfully joined the Golden Age of Piracy!

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Medb, Irish warrior queen of legend: strong & clever, she outlives many friends & many foes in many stories. Led the infamous Táin Bó Cúailnge, or Cattle Raid of Cooley. She was killed while bathing with a piece of cheese fired from a sling.
Image credits below

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Merrows/Murdhuacha: The gentle Irish version of mermaids. Beautiful w/fish tails & webs btwn their fingers, they appear before storms & fall in love w/mortal sailors. When they come ashore they wear red feather caps, but if it's stolen they can't return to sea

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Bit of my Great North Wood comic about Margaret Finch for women in folklore

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“Four and Twenty Blackbirds Baked in a Pie.”
Walter Crane’s for his children’s book, Song of Sixpence, published in 1909.

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In old German lore:
The shy little once did the snow a great kindness by offering up its colour when all the brighter flowers had sneeringly refused. In return the snow protected the snowdrop from all the harshness of winter. Illust: Cicely Barker

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CLOVER and other three-leaved plants were once considered gifts from the FAIRIES to protect us and bring luck.

Art: Cicely Mary Barker circa 1930

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I thought I'd uncovered a hidden fairy arsenal in the backyard, but it seems the previous human occupants probably buried rusty nails and bits of metal in their flower garden because they thought it would turn pigment-impaired hydrangeas blue.

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2018-03-01

happy this has got to be my favourite day of the week. So here are some of the creatures I have encountered in the Faultlines, a place of myth and magic, which also happens to be published soon so happy https://t.co/f9SVOPq7Wi

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The Mari Lwyd, the "Gray Mare," Welsh winter custom; a hooded horse's skull carried on a pole, accompanied by stock character as its handlers. It wins entry to houses & pubs by outsinging their owners, whereupon it can come in, making merry & running rampant.

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Pro tip: if your lover gets murdered by your evil older brother, don't forget to bury his decapitated head in a potted jasmine plant so the perfume kills your brother in vengeance
(photo: justine babcock)

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It is important to have Faerie sanctuaries in your They are said to provide the essential link between the energy of the sun and plants. Leave a corner of your garden wild & uncultivated for them. Garden Faeries enjoy tiny gifts of glittering treasures.

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The Gnome is a helpful member of the fae. They love small buried treasures & provide protection over minerals underground. They bring good luck to any garden. But the best part is, when the sun goes down, Gnomes come alive at night to work in the garden!

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Some gardening lore for a child who eats primroses will see a fairy. And, a primrose fed with bull's blood will have red flowers. Roll on Spring, so we can try both of these! (Image: Elizabeth Gordon c.1910)

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