Another child. One more mouth to feed and yet I still could not produce a male heir. An heir he wished desperately to have. As soon as the squalling babe was out of my womb it was handed to him and decreed not his. My heart sank. Another girl. Drat, the life we lived. GirlsContinue reading “Lady Isobel and the Phantom Children.”
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The Hell Fire Club…
An unassuming abandoned hunting lodge on Montpelier hill in Dublin. It was believed to be a freemason lodge built around 1725. They didn’t realise that they built the lodge on a cairn with a prehistoric passage grave on the summit. Now for those not well versed with a cairn and in particular, a passage grave,Continue reading “The Hell Fire Club…”
The Dragon of Mordiford
There was once a small girl who wished with all her heart for her own pet. Many children in the village had pets from dogs to cats to pigs, and Maud felt left out. Muad out of frustration wandered the forest one day despite being told not to. That it was magical. There she cameContinue reading “The Dragon of Mordiford”
The Lantern Man
So the lantern man isn’t technically a man with a lantern, like you might think but rather atmospheric ghostly lights which appear to people who whistle. Unlike a lantern it does not end well. They do not cast a light to keep you safe on a path but rather it takes a sinister route. TheContinue reading “The Lantern Man”