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‘We knew she was a fairy when we saw her:’ How Irish folklore around spinning instructed women artisans

By Brandi Goddard, Assistant Lecturer, History of Art, Design & Visual Culture, University of Alberta

A look at Irish folklore surrounding women’s craft in time for Halloween, a time of the year when boundaries between worlds are said to be thin.

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