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YEATS endorses the as an alternative to the sorrows of human life (The Stolen Child 1886)

Come away, O human child!
To the waters and the wild
With a hand in hand,
For the world's more full of weeping than you can understand

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2019-05-24


Fairy doors are secret, magical portals leading to the realm of the fairies and out of the human world. Find them in wooded pathways, tangled gardens, knotty trees, gaps in fences or walls, grottoes & caves. If you are lucky to find one peep or enter if you dare.

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2019-05-23

FAIRIES BEHAVING BADLY Armed fey are seen warring with 'rere-mice' for their 'leathern wings', killing caterpillars as 'canker' & spearing a 'red hipped humble bee' in A Midsummer Night's Dream illustrated 1908. Hey fairies leave those bees alone!

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2019-05-20

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM illustrated by Arthur 1908
Hobgoblin Puck despairs at humankind "'Lord what fools these mortals be" (Act III) & reveals his identity to a fairy "I am that merry wanderer of the night"(Act II)

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2019-05-20

So I'll start!
I'm Mar, a Portuguese girl who I likes & I do mainly & ✨

lately I've been drawing a lot 💜✨

🐺Instagram/Tumblr: dserpentes
🌕DeviantArt/Toyhouse: dserpente
🌑https://t.co/tXJRTxP5Jc

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2018-11-13

I'm Mar, a Portuguese girl who I likes & I do mainly & ✨

🐺Instagram/Tumblr: dserpentes
🌕DeviantArt/Toyhouse: dserpente
🌑https://t.co/tXJRTxP5Jc
☕️https://t.co/Hi9oF6KGfU

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2018-08-21

was so important in Ancient cultures; the Romans actually paid their soldiers in salt. The word 'salary' takes its root from the Latin word 'salt.' Many traditions called for salt as the main ingredient in ancient purification & protection spells.

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2018-07-19

Quick daily upload, points for anyone who recognizes this folkore beauty!!

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2018-02-25

The Saola is one of the world's rarest large mammals & is sometimes referred to as the Asian Unicorn due to its gentleness

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2017-08-10