Magical Folk: British and Irish Fairies: 500 AD to the Present Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

Magical Folk: British and Irish Fairies: 500 AD to the Present Book

What do we know about fairies? A treasure trove of newly digitised information accessed here shows that the Disney image of Tinkerbell is but a weak shorthand for the plethora of different kinds and types inhabiting the British and Irish Isles. Fairy sightings are deeply tied to local areas; even the names can be different. In, for example, Cornwall they are `piskeys'; in parts of Southern and Midland England they are 'pharises'; in Ireland they are sidhe ('si'). But as the new information from digitised local historical sources shows in exciting ways, their local character varies: in Sussex they are puckish but kind, but in the Scottish Highlands or Ireland you might end up dead after an encounter. Are fairies still with us? Yes they are. Included with the book are new sightings of fairies up to the present. In fact, it turns out that there are even travelling Fairies who reached Canada and New England.Read More

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  • Foyles

    Fairies are inextricably part of the British and Irish Isles and sightings go back at least as far as the time of Shakespeare. Digitisation of local historical records...

  • 1783341017
  • 9781783341016
  • Simon Young (editor)
  • 2 January 2018
  • Gibson Square Books Ltd
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 320
  • 1
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