Month: January 2021

I don‰Ûªt think my mum believed my reports of meeting faeries. I‰Ûªm lucky child psychologists weren‰Ûªt called in. They‰Ûªd have had a field day. Me telling them about the pregnant faery whose stomach burst like a spider sack to release dozens of babies made of nettles. – Kim Redmayne

I don’t think my mum believed my reports of meeting faeries. I’m lucky child psychologists weren’t called in. They’d have had a field day. Me telling them about the pregnant faery whose stomach burst like a spider sack to release dozens of babies made of nettles. – Kim Redmayne

— Hookland (@HooklandGuide) March 31, 2021

@joqatana Happy birthday J.

Happy birthday J.

— Hookland (@HooklandGuide) March 31, 2021

The huddle of girls in parkas, giggling, passing a bottle of cider and making graffiti spells on the walls of their bud shelter temple are as much a coven as one led by a self-titled high priestess with a Margaret Murray fantasy of authenticity. – #EmilyBanting #WitchWednesday

The huddle of girls in parkas, giggling, passing a bottle of cider and making graffiti spells on the walls of their bud shelter temple are as much a coven as one led by a self-titled high priestess with a Margaret Murray fantasy of authenticity. – #EmilyBanting #WitchWednesday

— Hookland (@HooklandGuide) March 31, 2021

And yes, bus shelter, not bud shelter.

And yes, bus shelter, not bud shelter.

— Hookland (@HooklandGuide) March 31, 2021

@darklyadapted No-one in Hookland is largely harmless.

No-one in Hookland is largely harmless.

— Hookland (@HooklandGuide) March 31, 2021

@AndreaCheetham It is. Though I think even when Emily was writing, buds was not a common part of English dialect.

It is. Though I think even when Emily was writing, buds was not a common part of English dialect.

— Hookland (@HooklandGuide) March 31, 2021

@huwbowen No sign of buds in the bus shelter. https://t.co/nbKGRXAm1R

No sign of buds in the bus shelter. pic.twitter.com/nbKGRXAm1R

— Hookland (@HooklandGuide) March 31, 2021

@WolfBaginski I would not want to offend Ms. Banting when transcribing gets words. I would not want to erase a word of her intent with a wrong word.

I would not want to offend Ms. Banting when transcribing gets words. I would not want to erase a word of her intent with a wrong word.

— Hookland (@HooklandGuide) March 31, 2021

@AlaMu04881993 Take it up with Ms. Banting. I am not going to erase a word of her original intent when transcribing her words.

Take it up with Ms. Banting. I am not going to erase a word of her original intent when transcribing her words.

— Hookland (@HooklandGuide) March 31, 2021

@vickipope Hookland has never done American canoe beers.

Hookland has never done American canoe beers.

— Hookland (@HooklandGuide) March 31, 2021