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    Mythical Creatures on Stamps and Orkney’s Tale: Dragons, Unicorns, Giants, Pixies, Mermaids and Fairies

    Mairiuna, imagine receiving an enveloppe in the mail on which you would find postage stamps depicting Dragons, Unicorns, Pixies, Giants, Mermaids and Fairies ??!!!

    It could happen for real you know, because Great Britain recently issued  a collection of six stamps, depicting “Mythical Creatures” found in British folklore.

    These stamps were created [...]

    From Broceliande Enchanted Forest to the Fairies of Doon Hill with Reverend Kirk

    Breakfast one hour later this morning since we’ve just changed to winter time in France.

    Broceliande forest The golden tree Source : Wikipedia

    Changing times also, it seems ! Imagine my surprise when, on turning on the radio, I heard that the first “Dragon Week” has opened this week-end in Ploermel. Where is that, [...]

    Symbols on Reverend Kirk’s Gravestone in Aberfoyle Cemetery: Thistle, Shepherd’s crook and Dagger

    Aberfoyle Cemetery Gate – Scotiana.com – 2006

    Mairiuna, I did made some research about the inscriptions showing on the grave of the most famous resident of the city of Aberfoyle, native clergyman Robert Kirk, born in 1644, who mysteriously disappeared in 1692.  He was considered a very eccentric man [...]

    Doon Hill Fairies : You’re not going there at night ?

    “Do you believe in Fairies”? That’s a good question Janice and, indeed, isn’t that the title of one of our posts? What I’m sure of anyway is that many people do, and not only children, I can tell you!

    Doon Hill Fairies – Scotiana.com – 2004

    Take a look at the photos we’ve taken [...]

    A Journey Into Fairyland With Reverend Kirk

    Mairiuna, upon reading your last post it brought back to memory the visit we did to Reverend Kirk’s Fairyland site Doon Hill, near the small town of Aberfoyle, gateway to the beautiful Trossach region in Perthshire.

    Doon Hill – Scotiana.com – 2006

    Aberfoyle is only 30 miles away by road of Glasgow and as [...]