tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4950999049789394042.post4448530515986631935..comments2024-03-27T06:42:26.250-07:00Comments on Seven Miles of Steel Thistles: Folklore snippets: The Elf Dancers of Cae CaledKatherine Langrishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12529700103932422873noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4950999049789394042.post-26477974415662463482013-01-10T02:23:59.928-08:002013-01-10T02:23:59.928-08:00Thanks, Kelly! It's certainly very direct and...Thanks, Kelly! It's certainly very direct and atmospheric.Katherine Langrishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12529700103932422873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4950999049789394042.post-15332674465420928112013-01-09T22:51:42.231-08:002013-01-09T22:51:42.231-08:00Wow, this is an amazing find! It reminds me of vic...Wow, this is an amazing find! It reminds me of victorian travel logs and stories.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05536373669811879997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4950999049789394042.post-62319324469988842142013-01-07T08:40:47.452-08:002013-01-07T08:40:47.452-08:00Spooky post! Though elves are welcome to come and ...Spooky post! Though elves are welcome to come and dance in my garden any day...Katherine Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17196712319655603442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4950999049789394042.post-57835295454157552702013-01-07T08:33:05.435-08:002013-01-07T08:33:05.435-08:00Good point - that is odd!Good point - that is odd!Katherine Langrishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12529700103932422873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4950999049789394042.post-43934614696620262662013-01-07T06:41:47.848-08:002013-01-07T06:41:47.848-08:00Yes, I assume 'terrific' here means 't...Yes, I assume 'terrific' here means 'terrifying'. It certainly wasn't terrific in the other sense... I just find it interesting that 'terrific' has come to have such positive associations, where 'awful' has gone in the other direction.Catherine Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17693526864905868829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4950999049789394042.post-61321929550996892652013-01-07T06:34:54.196-08:002013-01-07T06:34:54.196-08:00I took the 'terrific' here to mean 'te...I took the 'terrific' here to mean 'terrifying', Cathy. Is that what you mean? I don't think he means 'excellent'. But I agree about 'Lilliputian'; hadn't thought of that! <br /><br />Thanks Sue and Freyalyn for your comments too. (Why don't our own times throw up such accounts? or do they?) Katherine Langrishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12529700103932422873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4950999049789394042.post-63998954999546388392013-01-07T03:05:23.114-08:002013-01-07T03:05:23.114-08:00I'm reading some Victorian era folklore books ...I'm reading some Victorian era folklore books and they all seem to have this immediacy. They're Irish and Scottish and they tend to consist of interviews with people who have stories to tell of their own experiences or those of brothers or grandparents. Sue Bursztynskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09362273418897882971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4950999049789394042.post-70903811861469977342013-01-07T02:15:52.317-08:002013-01-07T02:15:52.317-08:00Great story! Also, from a language point of view, ...Great story! Also, from a language point of view, it's interesting to see a) 'terrific' used in that way and b) that 'Lilliputian' is already a common term just thirty years after <i>Gulliver</i>.Catherine Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17693526864905868829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4950999049789394042.post-52664516676407991872013-01-07T01:24:07.605-08:002013-01-07T01:24:07.605-08:00I actually felt the terror of the narrator here - ...I actually felt the terror of the narrator here - so immediately written! Scary...Freyalynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11911845535682123517noreply@blogger.com