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I know there are only a few minutes of St. Patrick's Day left, but here's a quick PSA. Make sure to stick to the trusted brand of your drink of choice. Pun-named beverages like Shorten Stout are likely brewed by mischievous faeries.

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2019-03-18

Hi! I’m writing an interactive book full of creatures and faeries. I’ve had a bit of a break from Twitter recently but wanted to share these! A fuschia faerie and a Grubbel, who was inspired by a blueberry.

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2019-01-12

Some faeries. I have a previous faerie character, Ginch, who made shoes for Alf and Jacky. They’re the plain leather strips that I draw on their feet. I think I’d like to make that a trend among faerie folk.

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2018-12-04

draws inspiration from European folklore, mythology, fairytales, ghost stories & anything from tombstones, Victorian photography, to popular movies & music. She’s the creator of a book that offers a gateway to the world of Faeries.

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2018-12-03

Queen of the Bad Faeries. In Scotland she is Nicnivin, Elph Queine of the Unseelie Court. In Germany she is Berchta, leading the savage dogs of the Wild Hunt, telling all she meets "Travel by day, for the night belongs to me." Art by Brian Froud.

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2018-08-09

The handicaps our farming ancestors suffered are summed up in this somewhat pessimistic rhyme ...

Sow four grains in a row;
One for the pigeons; one for the crow;
One to rot; and one to grow.

Followed by a draught of ale poured on the earth for the faeries.

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2018-07-05

Late of a little strawberry ice cream girl and her little ice cream faeries.

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2018-07-01

I drew my sister as a fairy, have to say I was definitely inspired by faeries.

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2018-04-10

In Celtic lore, to strain potatoes over the threshold of a Faerie door, would bring horrible luck. But burying a potato outside on the first of the year, insured good luck and fortune from the faeries.

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2017-12-01

Yeah I'm still not done with the faeries.

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2016-01-26