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Magical Folk: A History of Real Fairies , 500AD to the Present
Fairies feature in films and on TV, but through the ages there have been many actual sightings in Britain, Ireland and North America. Now, the digitisation of local newspapers and ephemera has opened another Aladdin's cave of sources. For the first time, Magical Folk traces their hidden footsteps from 500 AD to the present. In Southern England Master Dobbs, who ended up as Harry Potter character 'Dobby', often shows himself, while in Ireland fairies may be the dead, Scotland harbors the terrifying Whoopity Stoorie, and homesick North America magical folk may dunk you in the Atlantic ocean. Also included are findings from the Fairy Census, the survey of modern sightings around the world.
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Magical Folk: A History of Real Fairies , 500AD to the Present
Fairies feature in films and on TV, but through the ages there have been many actual sightings in Britain, Ireland and North America. Now, the digitisation of local newspapers and ephemera has opened another Aladdin's cave of sources. For the first time, Magical Folk traces their hidden footsteps from 500 AD to the present. In Southern England Master Dobbs, who ended up as Harry Potter character 'Dobby', often shows himself, while in Ireland fairies may be the dead, Scotland harbors the terrifying Whoopity Stoorie, and homesick North America magical folk may dunk you in the Atlantic ocean. Also included are findings from the Fairy Census, the survey of modern sightings around the world.
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Magical Folk: A History of Real Fairies , 500AD to the Present

Magical Folk: A History of Real Fairies , 500AD to the Present

Magical Folk: A History of Real Fairies , 500AD to the Present

Magical Folk: A History of Real Fairies , 500AD to the Present

Overview

Fairies feature in films and on TV, but through the ages there have been many actual sightings in Britain, Ireland and North America. Now, the digitisation of local newspapers and ephemera has opened another Aladdin's cave of sources. For the first time, Magical Folk traces their hidden footsteps from 500 AD to the present. In Southern England Master Dobbs, who ended up as Harry Potter character 'Dobby', often shows himself, while in Ireland fairies may be the dead, Scotland harbors the terrifying Whoopity Stoorie, and homesick North America magical folk may dunk you in the Atlantic ocean. Also included are findings from the Fairy Census, the survey of modern sightings around the world.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781783341023
Publisher: Global Book Sales
Publication date: 01/10/2023
Pages: 256
Sales rank: 409,584
Product dimensions: 6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Dr Simon Young (editor) is a professor of history at the Umbra Institute, Florence. Ceri Houlbrook (editor) is a history lecturer at the Universityof Hertfordshire.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements & Editors' Note 3

Fairies Talk 5

The Fairy Census Simon Young 11

Fairy Tribes 15

Biographies 18

English Fairies

1 Fairy Queens and Pharisees 21

Sussex Jacqueline Simpson

2 Pucks and Lights 28

Worcestershire Pollyanna Jones

3 Pixies and Pixy Rocks 36

Devon Mark Norman Jo Hickey-Hall

4 Magic and the Cottingley Photographs 45

Yorkshire Richard Sugg

5 Barrows and Cunning Folk 54

Dorset Jeremy Harte

6 Fairy Holes and Fairy Butter 65

Cumbria Simon Young

7 Ferishers and Hikey Sprites 80

East Anglia Francis Young

Celtic and Norse Fairies

8 The Sídhe and Fairy Forts 87

Ireland Jenny Butler

9 The Seelie and Unseelie Courts 97

Scotland Ceri Houlbrook

10 Trows and Trowie Wives 109

Orkney and Shetland Laura Coulson

11 The Fair Folk and Enchanters 120

Wales Richard Suggett

12 Pouques and the Faiteaux 131

Channel Islands Francesca Bihet

13 George Waldron and the Good People 142

Isle of Man Stephen Miller

14 Piskies and Knockers 155

Cornwall Ronald M. James

American Fairies

15 Puritans and Pukwudgies 164

New England Peter Muise

16 Banshees and Changelings 177

Irish America Chris Woodyard

17 Fairy Bread and Fairy Squalls 189

Atlantic Canada Simon Young

Notes 199

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