Bridget Cleary, Sex, Death, Fairies and Other- October 21, 2007 This is the third in a series of posts about fairies as other. I promised, in my first post, to concentrate on fairies as other, particularly in the context of sex and death, because, as MacAllister Stone notes "other is all about sex and death." Last time I looked at the tragic death of Bridget Cleary, burned because her husband Michael thought Bridget was the victim of a fairy abduction. This time I want to look at the story of Bridget Cleary in the context of sex and death.In Bridget Cleary.http://www.digitalmedievalist.com/news/2007/10/this-is-third-in-series-of-posts-about.html Bridget Cleary: Fairy Intrusion in Nineteenth Century Ireland- October 14, 2007 Are you a witchAre you a fairyAre you the wife Of Michael Cleary—Children's rhyme from Southern Tipperary, IrelandI promised in my first post on fairies as other to look at a fairy intrusion in nineteenth century Ireland, specifically, the fairy burning of Bridget Cleary.In March of 1895 Bridget Boland Cleary was a trained seamstress, with a good eye for fashion, who owned her own Singer sewing machine. She lived with her husband Michael Cleary and her father Patrick Boland in a small...http://www.digitalmedievalist.com/news/2007/10/bridget-cleary-fairy-intrusion-in.html |