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Alderley Edge: Woods, Wizards and Mines
The Irish Cinderlad, subject of my wizzley Book Review of The Irish Cinderlad: Fairy Tale About a Boy From the Emerald Isle Folklore of Ireland (https://wizzley.com/book-review-of-the-irish-cinderlad-fairy-tale-about-a-boy-from-the-emerald-isle ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 02/07/2024
Current color trends in weddings
The second paragraph to the first subheading, Rings, advises us that "Colored diamonds are available in yellow, pink, red, blue, black and other tones, often called with fancy names like champagne, cognac or chocolate."
Has there been such an ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 02/07/2024
St. Patrick's Day's Symbols
Your 8th, 9th and 10th subheadings, about green, orange and white colors respectively, calls to mind your wizzley regarding the rule of the threes.
That rule can be said to apply to the Irish flag, correct?
DerdriuMarriner, on 02/06/2024
St. Patrick's Day's Symbols
The 9th subheading, orange, indicates that "Orange is also closely related to gold which is of course ingrained in Irish tradition. This means you can use it as one of the symbols of St. Patrick's Day."
The above description inspired me to re ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 02/06/2024
St. Patrick's Day's Symbols
The in-text image between the 8th and the 9th subheadings, respectively about green and orange flag colors, causes me to consider the complete flag context.
The image looks like the flag-supporting staff is dark.
Might the staff color convey ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 02/06/2024
Best alternatives to Blogger (Blogspot)
Thank you for the myfairytales link at the end of the 8th, Substack alternative to Blogger/Blogspot.
The beauty and the beast illustrations give beastly interpretations in all but 8 instances. Half of those 8 instances have no one beastly. The ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 02/06/2024
St. Patrick's Day's Symbols
The seventh subheading, Rainbow, includes a partial image of a rainbow.
Sometimes rainbows look like they start somewhere in the sky and terminate somewhere on the ground. Sometimes, particularly for valley-spanning rainbows over mountain ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 02/06/2024
St. Patrick's Day's Symbols
The sixth subheading, Pot of gold, considers that "Gold in all classic fairy tales represents one of the major goals and a leprechaun's pot was cordially accepted as a tradition coming from Ireland to the rest of the world."
Does that tradition ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 02/05/2024
Rapunzel: the legend, the fairy tale, the truth
What with the 2023 release of her latest book, The ghost ship, I have been rereading other fiction by Kate Mosse.
The aforementioned author imagined a short-story sequel, La fille de Mélisande ("The daughter of Millicent"), to the Achille ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 02/05/2024
St. Patrick's Day's Symbols
Thank you!
That Florida setting of the first, in-text image accounts for the non-Unitedstatesian look to something quite common among March events. Perhaps those buildings are in one of the many Spanish-speaking neighborhoods there.
DerdriuMarriner, on 02/05/2024
St. Patrick's Day's Symbols
Leprechauns belong to the Tuath de Dan San, the Sidhe folķ. They are unrelated to the dwarves of European mythology.
frankbeswick, on 02/04/2024
An Australian Marketplace Called RedBubble
Hahaha Well- probably May 2024!
Jo_Murphy, on 02/03/2024
St. Patrick's Day's Symbols
Leprechauns yes, dwarfs not necessarily. Dwarfs from the Snow White are not tricksters, for instance, while Rumpelstiltskin is.
Tolovaj, on 02/03/2024
St. Patrick's Day's Symbols
I have got the photo at Pixabay. There is no info about the location but the photographer supposed to live in Florida.
Tolovaj, on 02/03/2024
St. Patrick's Day's Symbols
Four-leaf clover is relatively rare so it's considered as 'something special'.
Tolovaj, on 02/03/2024