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Episode 197: Taken

Lore

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Doctor Moore and Doctor Kirk's Secret Commonwealth

Fairy folklore is a well travelled country. Over the centuries, people have tried to explore it. More than a few detailed accounts have been published by those claiming to have experienced it first hand. references to it have been appearing in popular fiction for, well, it seems like forever. Remember robert kirk, our seventeenth century minister obsessed with fairy folk lore. He spent most of his career gathering stories of the wee folk, writing them down in a book he planned to publish. In 18 15, another scottish lover of fairy lore managed to track it down and finish it. It's now considered by folklorists to be one of the most important works on fairies ever

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