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Fairy-tales, feminism and fame: The story of Ida Rentoul Outhwaite https://t.co/QNfULM8Doi # idarentoulouthwaite

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2021-11-12

To appease & keep the fairies sweet, it is advisable to make them offerings of food & drink, known as libations. A happy, well-fed fairy is less likely to be cantankerous or mischievous. They are rather partial to milk, fruit, cakes & ale.
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2021-11-04




Artist Ida Rentoul Outhwaite (1888-1960), an Australian illustrator of children's books famous for her fairies.

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2020-07-16

Faeries, come take me out of this dull world,
For I would ride with you upon the wind,
Run on the top of the dishevelled tide,
And dance upon the mountains like a flame...

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2019-11-28

From Elves and Fairies (1916), illustrated by reprinted in Women Illustrators of the

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2019-06-14