Fairies Series
PART ONE:
The Missing Fairies of Norfolk Part Two
Annoyingly I had written this post in nearly its entirety a day or so ago and upon opening my laptop to complete it I discovered it had vanished. I am wont to lay the blame upon the subject of my investigations…I venture to speculate that they were not fond of the possessive determiner ‘our’ I used when referring to them in my previous post! I shall end…
The Missing Fairies of Norfolk Part 3
A creeping fog clings to the secret pathways of a waterlogged marsh on a still and moonless night. The damp, heavy air carries the scent of plants and creatures who claim this landscape as home; earth, salt, vegetation, decay. Shallow water ebbs and trickles between the low lying samphire and sea lavender. In the distance a flicker, a plume of blue-yell…
The Missing Fairies of Norfolk Part Four
Where have the Fairies of Norfolk gone? Please excuse my repetition but in this instance I feel a quote from a previous article is necessary:
The Missing Fairies of Norfolk: Part Five
In Part Four of my ‘Missing Fairies of Norfolk’ series I posited the theory that Norfolk folk lack knowledge of their fae, in part, due to the Puritans. I think, however, there is another massive factor that has led to our forgetfulness.