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Aug 2021
40m 18s

The fairy wife

KATY BELLOTTE
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Bridget Cleary: A wife, a seamstress, an egg-seller, and possible fairy? In this episode of Thick & Thin, we lean a bit on the darker side to discuss Ireland's deeply-rooted fear of the two-winged mythological creature—the fairy. // Follow me on IG: instagram.com/katybellotte // Sources: Bourke, Angela. The Burning of Bridget Cleary. New York: Penguin, 2001 ... Show More
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