Author: Maggie Knockater

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• Milly Johnson (1)
  • IN: The Birds and the Bees (2008) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: The Birds and the Bees: As well as being the gentle way of explaining how creatures of nature ‘do business with one another’, The Birds and the Bees (Eun S’na Sheillein) is also a Scottish country dance originating from the hamlet of Bonniebride (Buinne-Bhrìghde) in the former county of Duffshire, famed locally for the large apiary and aviary that once existed there. It is an energetic reel in which couples complete a series of many cast-offs and changes of partner. It is considered extremely fortuitous to dance this at weddings, due to its connections with an ancient ritual dedicated to Creide, faery goddess of women who ruled over love magick and the search for the perfect mate.
    FROM: The Sassenach's Guide to the Wonders of Gaelic, (None), Book, Ireland