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=150https://simanaitissays.com/2026/09/24/celebrating-oscar-wilde-annotations-part-2/Simanaitis Saysen2026-09-24T13:05:00+00:00CELEBRATING OSCAR WILDE ANNOTATIONS PART 2"The Annotated Oscar Wilde" specifically the play "The Importance of Being Earnest", Oscar Wilde on Germans and the German language, Cecily in "Earnest": "I look quite plain after my German lesson.", Globe Theatre "Earnest" 1939 cut short by outbreak of WWII, Jack Worthing's income? "between seven and eight thousand a year" (today around 1.5m U.S.), land vs investments (what with English taxes etc: investments were better), John Gielgud Margaret Rutherford in "Earnest" New York 1947, Lyceum Theatre programme November 1910, On neckties and being transported to Australia, Lady Bracknell: land "gives one position and prevents one from keeping it up."https://simanaitissays.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/lede-2-1.jpeg?w=150