Jane Francesca Agnes, Lady Wilde (1821–1896) was an Irish poet and mother of Oscar Wilde. She wrote under the pseudonym "Speranza” and famously supported the Irish nationalist movement. She also had a particular interest in folktales, which she collected. In “Folk Medicine, Plant Lore, and Healing Plants”, Wilde looks at a variety of natural cures, healing plants, and remedies from Irish folk culture ranging from love and invisibility potions, to remedies for toothache and beyond. Contents...

Forty years ago, droves of young women migrated away from urban settings and settled in rural areas across North America. Many settled on the north coast of British Columbia, on Haida Gwaii or around Prince Rupert. Gumboot Girls tells the stories of thirty-four women, through their own eyes, as they moved from their comfortable city-dwelling surroundings to the rugged north coast. Part back-to-the-land, part adventure, heartbreak and love, this collection of stories edited by Lou ...

After the extraordinary success of Gumboot Girls comes the sequel anthology, Dancing in Gumboots. Having relocated to Comox, Jane encountered a new group of women who travelled to the Comox Valley in the 1970s. Fascinated by their stories, Lou Allison and Jane Wilde return to their dynamic partnership to bring us an anthology that shines a light on these trailblazing women and their unique stories.The 1970s was a time of intense cultural shifts for women all over ...

Discover the incredible myths and legends of Ireland in this wonderful selection of tales, collected and retold by Lady Wilde, the mother of Oscar Wilde.Lady Wilde was an accomplished folklorist who sought to preserve Irish culture through recording their enchanting myths, rituals and beliefs. This collection contains over 100 of these enthralling and eerie tales including, "The Horned Women," "The Holy Well and the Murderer," and "The Bride's Death-Song,"

Experience the atmospheric visual edition of this tale by searching "Jonathan Dunne Horror" on YouTube.Title: The Horned Women, The Stolen Bride & The Lady WitchSeries Name: Timeless TerrorsSeries Entry: 132Original year of publication: 1887Collected by: Lady Jane WildeNarrator: Jonathan DunneOriginal Publication: Oral Tradition (19th Century Collection)Public Domain: YesYouTube Channel: Jonathan Dunne Horror Storie...

Ancient Legends, Mystic Charms and Superstitions of Ireland is a luminous collection of Ireland’s enchanted past, lovingly gathered and retold by Lady Jane Wilde, poet, folklorist, and mother of Oscar Wilde.Drawing from oral lore and ancient custom, Lady Wilde preserves tales of banshees and blessings, charms and curses, sacred wells, and the rites of the hearth and field. With deep reverence for Ireland’s ancestral voice, she offers not only stories, but ...

Lady Jane Wilde was the mother of Oscar Wilde and an accomplished folklorist. She sought to preserve Irish culture through recording their enchanting myths, rituals and beliefs. This collection contains over 100 of these enthralling tales, from fairies stealing children to leprechauns promising gold. Each showcase the strange and mystical superstitions spread by Irish peasantry in the ancient tongue.Tales include:• The Horned Women• The Fenian Knights• The Fair...

你不能無盡地綻放，散發所有光華，卻不照顧會痛的地方。●《大地之下》作者羅伯特．麥克法倫推薦●《倫敦時報週日版》年度好書●ＢＢＣ《鄉間檔案》年度最佳自然寫作書籍苔蘚向來被視為如雜草無用，任人踩踏不覺，然而它們存在於人類生命的初始（美洲原住民拿來墊尿布），也存在於終結（日本作家小川洋子寫過一篇故事，描寫早夭嬰孩前往彼世的路上鋪滿苔蘚），既劃開生與死的邊界，也容納生與死共存。在詩人柏奈特眼中，苔蘚更是她與亡父的深厚連結。在與父親的一千次道別裡，苔類點燃的生之光彩，療癒了悲慟與失落折磨的身心。從英國的溼地到肯亞山區，柏奈特發掘苔蘚遭人忽略的活力與耀眼的美，賦予十二個滿富詩意的名字，融合詩、自然寫作、家族回憶，頌揚了植物界的先驅。【苔蘚的生命課】１／活在青苔時間，就能同時存在於許多時間範圍內；活在青苔空間，是一躍而至許多地方。２／泥炭苔曾在戰時用來處理傷口，青苔也曾被女人拿來做月經期間的吸收性生理用品。青苔什麼都看過，也有許多用處。在我們離...

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Lui è un uomo spezzato dal passato. Lei è luce pura in un mondo che non ha mai smesso di combattere. Insieme, potrebbero salvarsi… o distruggersi.Norah Drywater ha solo diciott’anni quando perde tutto. Senza più una famiglia e con un uomo pericoloso sulle sue tracce, lascia la riserva in cui è cresciuta per mantenere l’ultima promessa fatta a suo padre: raggiungere Quinn, l’unico uomo che potrebbe offrirle un rifugio.Quinn Galway vive isolato tra le montagn...

Shantih, Jinny’s chestnut Arab mare, has to wait in a field until Jinny arrives back on the school bus and rides her back to Finmory. Fit and bored, she jumps out. What, thinks Jinny, can she do to keep her horse interested?And what can she do to try and save the Wilton museum, where she painted the mural of the glorious golden horses? It is to be demolished.Miss Tuke tells Jinny all about a long distance ride, ideally suited to Shantih, for Arabs are the best type of horse...

"I do not say you are it, but you look it, and you pose at it, which is just as bad," Lord Queensbury challenged Oscar Wilde in the courtroom—which erupted in laughter—accusing Wilde of posing as a sodomite. What was so terrible about posing as a sodomite, and why was Queensbury's horror greeted with such amusement? In Oscar Wilde Prefigured, Dominic Janes suggests that what divided the two sides in this case was not so much the question of whether Wilde was or was not a ...