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I have travelled a good deal in Concord. Walden (1854) "Economy in Writings" (and not even as a Guild perk!)
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Fairy Bridge, by Michael and Frances Howorth |
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Snippet of the week: The Fairy Bridge, Isle of Man
Our weekly feature on a place Guild members have found on their travels. Michael and Frances Howorth describe a Manx curiosity
 Where Else in the World…?
… would you find money pinned to a tree? Such is the case however at Fairy Bridge on the magical Isle of Man where such a note had been in place for over eight months when we spotted it. The fiver can be found  along with a myriad of other offerings.
Local folklore speaks of the spot as a hideaway for some of the little people who inhabit the island and it is considered bad luck to pass over the bridge without acknowledging the fairies. Visitors write messages and wishes on paper and even leave boxes of chocolates tied to the nearby tree, but it is what happens when a bus crosses the bridge that is perhaps the most strange.
Every passenger and driver alike, cynics or not, greet the little people out aloud hoping for a little fairy magic to rub off on them.
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"Micklo Corpus, a local blackfella, invited me up to Dabudabagun - sand dunes overlooking the magnificent 40 Km Cable beach. As we sat on a midden of ancient seashells, collected and eaten by countless generations of Broome’s ‘first people’ we watched a shark (or was it watching us) cruising up and down. It was just 6 feet from the shore where only moments before a mother and two children were paddling."
© Peter Lynch, The West Australian, 20th May 2006
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