Encyclopaedia Britannica, 15th edition (1979)

Volume IV: Excom to Hermosil

This volume’s theme seems to be magic, mystery, and the exotic… so let’s see where it takes us…

1. FairyThe article defines a fairy as a “supernatural being who could become invisible, change shape or size, skilled in magic and able to bewitch human beings - described in ( Read more... )

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 15th edition (1979 ( Read more... )

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So, I'm starting the year off with one of my "series" blogs. And this is how it came about.

We were talking about anything and everything, rdeck and I, as we do all the time, and somehow we circled around to Charles Lindbergh.

"When was it exactly that he did that flight?" I asked, frowning, trying to remember my timeline of history.

rdeck opened his ( Read more... )