The Last Stitch (The Chronicles of Eirie: 2)
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References
1. Stumpwork Embroidery by Jane Nicholas, Sally Milner Publishing NSW 1995
2. Stumpwork Embroidery: Book Two by Jane Nicholas, Sally Milner Publishing NSW 1998
3. Stumpwork Dragonflies by Jane Nicholas, Sally Milner Publishing NSW 2000
4. Stumpwork Beetle Collection by Jane Nicholas, Sally Milner Publishing NSW 2004
5. The names Kholi and Lalita from Bride and Prejudice, the movie, Directed by Gurinder Chadha, Bend it Productions 2005
6. ‘A mermaid found a swimming lad…’ from the poem The Mermaid by William Butler Yeats
7. Irish-English Online Dictionary, (http://www.englishirishdictionary.com)
8. Spirits, Fairies, Gnomes and Goblins by Carol Rose ABC-CLIO Ltd Oxford, 1998
9. The Spirit of Britain, an illustrated guide to literary Britain edited by Susan Hill, Headline London 1994
10. ‘Willows whiten, aspens quiver...’ from The Lady of Shalott by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
11. Ferry Crossing Water Dressing Festival inspired by the Buxton Well Dressing Festival, (http://www.buxtonwelldressing.co.uk/art.asp)
12. ‘I met the Love Talker one day...’ from The Love Talker by Etna Carbury, Anthology of Irish Verse edited by Padraic Colum Boni and Liveright NewYork 1922
13. The story of Mathy Trevalla was inspired by the folk legend ‘Mathy Trewalla of Zennor’ from English Folktales, Sybil Marshall Phoenix London 1996
14. Venetian Masks inspired by the collection (http://www.venicemaskshop.com)
16. ‘Now a city...’ from In a City made of Seaweed by David Rowley
17. ‘Long legged boys...’ from Faith by Angela Jackson
18. Good Faeries, Bad Faeries by Brian Froud, Simon and Schuster New York 1998
17. Leprechauns, Legends and Irish Tales by H.McGowan, Victor Gollancz London 1990
18. Bottom the Donkey inspired by Bottom from A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare
19. Yain, tain... inspired by the centuries old method of counting sheep in rural England
20. The houses of Ferry Crossing inspired by the lagoon huts in Manolo and Bora Bora