The poetry and magic of Ireland’s rural South: a photoessay
source: http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2011/08/02/the-poetry-and-magic-of-irelands-rural-south-a-p...
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A beautiful personal photoessay from Dr. Andrea Frantz of Robbert Morris University. A snippet: "Here, a well is not just a well, but a place of pilgrimage as locals learned the story of its waters healing a woman’s blindness. Here, a rocky outcropping is not just a natural formation from years of battering winds and salt water, but a cave where a single, homeless mother raised seven children on nettle soup and mussels. Here, a solitary tree at the water’s edge is not just a tree, but the home of the “wee folk,” something to be respected and maybe feared. Here, a clump of grass is not just the rare vegetation that valiantly sprouts between rocks, but the age-old cure for stomach ailments. Here, a pub is not just a local watering hole, but a business that has been owned by the same family for five generations."
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- Art and Style
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- Photography, Travel, Ireland
