https://simanaitissays.com/2026/09/26/george-hanger-4th-and-last-baron-of-coleraine-military-blunderer-early-feminist/Simanaitis Saysen2026-09-26T13:05:00+00:00GEORGE HANGER: 4TH (AND LAST) BARON OF COLERAINE, MILITARY BLUNDERER, EARLY FEMINIST (??)George Hanger 4th Baron of Coleraine (general rogue too), "The Life Adventures and Opinions of Col. George Hanger", George Hanger spent time at the "King's Bench" aka "debtor's prison", George Hanger hung out with the Prince Regent ("Bertie"), George Hanger mismanaged troops at the Battle of Charlotte during the Revolutionary War, George Hanger married a gypsy (who later ran off with a tinker), Brewer's Rogues Villains & Eccentrics: An A-Z of Roguish Britons Through the Ages"https://simanaitissays.com/2026/09/25/fairy-tales-cradle-scissors-shakespeare-conan-doyle-oscar-wildes-mother-and-a-woman-in-the-bath/Simanaitis Saysen2026-09-25T13:05:00+00:00FAIRY TALES: CRADLE SCISSORS, SHAKESPEARE, CONAN DOYLE, OSCAR WILDE’S MOTHER, AND A WOMAN IN THE BATH"Fairies in the Garden" (Arthur Conan Doyle) "SimanaitisSays", a Woman in her bath" "he had an arrogance... that was quite alluring", Oscar Wilde's mother "Ancient Legends Mystic Charms and Superstitions of Ireland" Jane Wilde (mother of Oscar), "The Fairy Census" website Simon Young, brewing beer in an eggshell (changeling tale), "cradle scissors" protect an unbaptised child from fairies, Shakespeare "Midsummer Night's Dream" Oberon and Titania's changeling, "fairy" etymology: Latin "fata" (related "Parcae/Moirai/Norns/Wyrd Sisters", "Cradle Scissors" Nick Richardson "London Review of Books", "Briggs's Dictionary of Fairies" Katharine Briggs Fee Greening, "Fairies: A History" Francis Younghttps://simanaitissays.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/images-2-2.jpeg?w=150