Fairy Photo
gracef...@my-deja.com
with a ‘fairy.’ It was taken <<in Ireland ages ago and although I’m
sure it must be a fake I’d like someone with a little expertise <<to
look at it.
<<I’ve just settled into a small cottage in Co Kilkenny and I’m hearing
strange tales about ‘the little <<folk’ and apparently my cottage has a
bit of a history. I’m getting curioser and curiouser.
<<Can anybody help?
<<My brother in law is putting up a Web page for me so maybe you could
look at it there?
<<Melanie
Melanie
The photograph of the ‘fairy’ is obviously a fake. It’s just a matter
of reversing it from negative to positive and then the joins become
pretty obvious.
As for the other picture of the two girls - I’m afraid I can’t date it
precisely. I’d guess it was taken around the turn of this century. Were
these girls involved in fairy rumours?
Don’t be embarrassed about mistakes. The Web page is fine. I hope you
have the confidence to add to it and I’ll be looking for updates!
I think Annie is interested because she thinks there might be a book in
all this. While I sympathise with your need to confirm the supernatural
I feel confident that you’re the centre of a hoax and someone is going
to poke their head through the window of your little cottage and
yell ‘April Fool!’
As for ‘Titania’ - he/she is just winding you up. How could they know
such details unless they live nearby. You’re being had old girl. Maybe
it’s the Irish in you that makes you so vulnerable?
Even so keep in touch. It’s all quite interesting.
David Fallow
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smo...@my-deja.com
beyond nature. The fairy is an illustration, then cut out, glued to a
stick and fastened in the ground. I like the fact that the girl had a
sense of the two-demensionality of photograhy.
In article <7v24gb$eeb$1...@nnrp1.deja.com>,
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katie the totally baffled
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gracef...@my-deja.com wrote in message <7v24gb$eeb$1...@nnrp1.deja.com>...
dreadnaut
without seeing the photo I can't be sure). A page on this clever hoax, one
which fooled even Arthur Conan Doyle (as well as provided some of the most
beautiful photographs we have today from the age of spiritualism) can be
found here:
http://www.sonic.net/~anomaly/articles/sa00017.shtml
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katie the totally baffled
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Daniel Alan Ross wrote in message <7v2v9e$2e2$1...@nnrp1.deja.com>...
> "dreadnaut" <dtma...@hiwaay.net> wrote:
>> It sounds like you're describing the famed "Cottingly Faeries"
>(although
>> without seeing the photo I can't be sure). A page on this clever hoax,
>one
>> which fooled even Arthur Conan Doyle (as well as provided some of the
>most
>> beautiful photographs we have today from the age of spiritualism) can
>be
>> found here:
>>
>> http://www.sonic.net/~anomaly/articles/sa00017.shtml
>>
>> [ Ðrêadnåµt ]
>
>Wow Dreadnaut, your sig is so... METAL looking.
>I think you're probably right in your guess that this is what Melanie is
>talking about. I believe someone is making a movie about the whole
>thing. And you are also right that whether they are fake or not they
>are works of art. The fairies were drawn on paper and then cut out, and
>if you look closely at the figures, they are expertly rendered. Those
>kids were really talented.
>--
>Daniel
>"The Voice of the Mountains"
>The Life and Writings of Manly Wade Wellman
>http://members.dencity.com/wellman
dreadnaut
Daniel Alan Ross <daniel_a...@my-deja.com> wrote in message
> Wow Dreadnaut, your sig is so... METAL looking.
Actually, it's made of plywood :)
Daniel Alan Ross
> It sounds like you're describing the famed "Cottingly Faeries"
(although
> without seeing the photo I can't be sure). A page on this clever hoax,
one
> which fooled even Arthur Conan Doyle (as well as provided some of the
most
> beautiful photographs we have today from the age of spiritualism) can
be
> found here:
>
> http://www.sonic.net/~anomaly/articles/sa00017.shtml
>
Wow Dreadnaut, your sig is so... METAL looking.