Mick GarrattThe Falconer and the Whorlton Elves
Prepare to be delighted and delectated by another tale from that master wordsmith of the North Riding of Yorkshire: Richard Blakeborough (1850-1918), writer, poet, and dramatist. Now, I did have a notion to modernize this story for you, but I quickly found myself struggling by how to handle some of the terms, such as "dark-faced" and "drawf," which are no ...
The Falconer and the Whorlton Elves
Prepare to be delighted and delectated by another tale from that master wordsmith of the North Riding of Yorkshire: Richard Blakeborough (1850-1918), writer, poet, and dramatist. Now, I did have a notion to modernize this story for you, but I quickly found myself struggling by how to handle some of the terms, such as "dark-faced" … <p class="link-more"><a href="http://www.fhithich.uk/?p=31918" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "The Falconer and the Whorlton Elves"</span></a></p>