Seven Miles of Steel Thistles

  Talking with a group of Girl Guides a while ago, we fell (as you do) into a discussion about house spirits. The best known example...

[A Christmas Eve tale from Scandinavian Folklore , William Craigie, 1896] At Ottesund Ferry on Limfjord there was a ferryman wh...

This wonderful little city stands, as if sprung from the soil, in a neighbour's garden. It reminds me of the medieval Frenc...