This day 126 years ago – 22 March 1895 – the body of Bridget Cleary was found in Tipperary, having been burned by her husband, Michael.
Michael Cleary claimed the women he had killed was not his wife, but a changeling left by fairies. He subsequently served 15 years in prison. pic.twitter.com/r3vA8AqzWb
— This Day in Irish History (@ThisDayIrish) March 22, 2021
Take him away with his fairies.
Happy International Fairy Day.
It comes around so fast.
Via National Library of Ireland, who writes:
“Do you believe in fairies?” The Irish poet and Celtic mythologist Ella Young certainly did!
G’wan the shrooms.
Olivia Armstrong
It’s only for fairies.
Irish born, London based professional storyteller Olivia Armstrong writes:
Before Queen Victoria insisted on a white wedding dress in 1840, the custom had been for brides to wear bright, colourful dresses that could be worn again – but never green.
Green was the fairies’ colour and to wear it could bring devastation to the bride…
Meanwhile…
It persists. I once proposed wearing green to a relative’s wedding and was firmly shut down by my Nan. She also objects to dressing newborns in green & has a blanket ban on wearing green in May (it’s the fairies’ month, and wearing their colour is ill advised!). #FolkloreThursday
— Rachael Barnwell (@missbarnwell) February 13, 2020
Anyone?
