Bridget Cleary: A wife, a seamstress, an egg-seller, and possible fairy? In this episode of Thick & Thin, we lean a bit on the darker side to discuss Ireland's deeply-rooted fear of the two-winged mythological creature—the fairy.

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Sources:

Bourke, Angela. The Burning of Bridget Cleary. New York: Penguin, 2001. 

https://vagabondtoursofireland.com/fairy-ireland-irish-mythology

https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1895/04/22/102455570.pdf

https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1895/07/06/102516444.pdf

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/539793/bizarre-death-bridget-cleary-irish-fairy-wife

https://www.irishcentral.com/opinion/ireland-fairy-forts

https://www.irishpost.com/life-style/exploring-irish-mythology-changelings-170347

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