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Magical Folk

The History of Real Fairies , 500AD to the Present

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Pub Date Nov 02 2023 | Archive Date Nov 06 2023

Health, Mind & Body | History | Religion & Spirituality

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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.

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...

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Advance Praise

- MAIL ON SUNDAY ‘Enchanting.’ MAIL ON SUNDAY (31 Dec) Irish Mail on Sunday (25 Feb)

- SUNDAY TELEGRAPH ‘Engaging and authoritative… British fairies, it turns out, are classic eccentrics.’

- LITERARY REVIEW ‘Detail on local mythology… sparkling.’

- GLASGOW HERALD ‘A big insight into the lives of little people… provocative.’

- INDEPENDENT ‘A gazetteer of myths, legends, and sightings.’

- FORTEAN MAGAZINE ‘Perfect… exciting.'

- YORKSHIRE POST ‘The whole story of the little (and not so little) folk.'


- MAIL ON SUNDAY ‘Enchanting.’ MAIL ON SUNDAY (31 Dec) Irish Mail on Sunday (25 Feb)

- SUNDAY TELEGRAPH ‘Engaging and authoritative… British fairies, it turns out, are classic eccentrics.’

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EDITION Paperback
ISBN 9781783341023
PRICE $16.95 (USD)
PAGES 256

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