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The city of is known for a certain 'Boy Wizard', but back in the 1700s a wizard named Major Weir lived close to our library. He was burnt with his magic blackthorn staff for his crimes and is said to still haunt the West Bow in his demonic chariot

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"The jagged precipices were lofty, the encircling woods were the dimmest shade. Over all... brooded the spirit of repose, and the silent energy of nature stirred the soul to its inmost depths."

(Thomas Cole, 🎨 Caspar David Friedrich)

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In a thunderstorm trees show their characters:

"Beware the oak, it draws the stroke,
Avoid the ash, it courts the flash,
Creep under the thorn, it keeps from harm."

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The Fantastic art of Yoshitaka Amano. Mostly known for his commissioned art for the Final Fantasy series.

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Trees feature heavily in T.F. Thistleton Dyer's The Folklore of Plants and the link between farming and indications from trees is a popular one, especially the mighty Oak.

"When the oak puts on his gosling grey,
'Tis time to sow the barley night or day"

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MY HEART WAS JUST TORN OUT OF MY CHEST OMG MY BABIES TYLER DESERVE BETTER

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Redibuixant coses de l'estiu passat. Més colorets i tal.

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My love for Stardew Valley knows no bounds, so I wanted to do busts of all the bachelors and bachelorettes as a tribute to such a lovely game! Here's the first third of them, more coming soon. <3

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So I drew my ocs Lea Maniac and Loreto cuz I love them.

Lea's dress is everything to me rn

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a quick loretta (kilros' mom)
im.....still working on figuring out his dad's look

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7. The Magic Servants
That’s ATU 513A, “The Extraordinary Companions”, exemplified here by the Grimms’ “The Six Servants” (but only 5 make it into this comic book)
Full text: https://t.co/8zwWPChomM
Full comic book: https://t.co/YbQCrhe1kO

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6. The Salt Mountain (continuing the salt theme!🧂)
This was apparently collected by Arthur Ransome in Russia and retold/adapted in his Old Peter's Russian Tales (1916).
Full text: https://t.co/Aq5c9Qgl9j
Full comic book: https://t.co/lbwl3iHOql

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5. The Pearl Princess
This is ATU 923, “Loving the Salt” or “The goose-girl at the well”
(again from the Brothers Grimm). There are elements of King Lear here. 🤴 🧂
Full text: https://t.co/NSUECqAo9o
Full comic book: https://t.co/cyga6Da3g5

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4. The Golden Bird
This is ATU 550, “The Golden Bird”, again from the Brothers Grimm. The expressions of the fox are brilliant! 🦊
Full text: https://t.co/T1M8kobqtZ
Full comic book: https://t.co/45W2uEauGM

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children’s & was born in on 28th July 1866. In her first & most famous story, The Tale of Peter Rabbit, (1901), our eponymous hero, after much drama, escapes the farmer & ending up sharing his father’s fate in a pie.

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No self respecting mother in Liverpool will not have & serve her own version of ‘Scouse,’ without first warning her kids “this’ll put hairs on your chest!” Legend says the stew originates from the Norwegian sailors who arrived in the port in the 18th century.

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drink when you hear:
-clarity
-clear
-closure

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