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my flickr favourites [17 Mar 2006|11:46pm] 9 comments|post comment

Ancestor Box Assemblage [26 Feb 2006|09:14pm] Ancestor Box Assemblage Altered cigar box assemblage featuring genuine vintage ephemera, new on eBay. 1 comment|post comment

Faery Doll by Homespun Ireland [18 Feb 2006|10:23pm] Come away! O, human child! To the woods and waters wild, With a fairy hand in hand, For the world's more full of weeping than you can understand. -W.B. Yeats Irish Faery Doll on eBay 10 comments|post comment

[29 Jan 2006|10:49pm] </a> All-new vintage-style Tag Collage on eBay! 5"x7" framed collage with genuine vintage Irish ephemera, made in Ireland. 2 comments|post comment

New eBay auctions this week! [22 Jan 2006|09:39pm] Two new Art Squared 4"x4" collage on eBay! 2 comments|post comment

New eBay auctions this week! [22 Jan 2006|09:31pm] All-new vintage-style Tag Collage on eBay! 5"x7" framed collage with genuine vintage Irish ephemera, made in Ireland. post comment

New on eBay [15 Jan 2006|08:39pm] Vintage-style Tag Collage on eBay! 5"x7" framed collage with genuine vintage Irish ephemera, made in Ireland. 2 comments|post comment

new to my postcard collection [12 Dec 2005|09:52pm] post comment

"ooooooh, hello, Mary!" [11 Dec 2005|08:06pm] Mary Milligan is off to visit a neighbour on St. Stephen's day, bringing a bundle of kindling and a sack with a bit of the Christmas cake...won't her neighbour be delighted to see her! 5 comments|post comment

New eBay auctions this week! [04 Dec 2005|05:39pm] Vintage style teddy bear on eBay, handmade from vintage Irish wool blanket and featuring a genuine antique Irish crochet collar. 11 comments|post comment

New doll on eBay! [27 Nov 2005|09:54pm] Primitive style Irish sheep doll on eBay! (bet you weren't expecting that!) 6 comments|post comment

Vintage postcards [22 Nov 2005|10:09pm] A few new vintage postcards I've added to my collection. ( Two more behind the cut... ) 2 comments|post comment

new doll on eBay [20 Nov 2005|09:04pm] "Munster leprechauns are commonly known as cluricaunes and probably have the most distinct character of all leprechauns, though most of what is said about them is not really very complimentary. They are said to be great drinkers and wild revellers, but it must be remembered that this has probably been exaggerated by both humans and leprechauns elsewhere. What certainly is true is that there are more tales of the cluricaune behaving badly than there are of him being just like other leprechauns. But this could well just be prejudice showing itself." -Niall MacNamara, The Leprechaun Companion 7 comments|post comment

New doll on eBay! [16 Nov 2005|02:08pm] A new primitive style nun doll on eBay, to celebrate the Vintage Cloth Doll Artists grand-opening doll show! VCDA is a new eBay group of artists making vintage style dolls and dolls from vintage patterns, click the link to check out the auctions! Thanks for having a look! 1 comment|post comment

New doll on eBay! [13 Nov 2005|09:11pm] New doll on eBay this week..'Nuala Piggott' Thanks for looking! 4 comments|post comment

Bunratty Castle, Co. Limerick [12 Nov 2005|11:37am] 10 comments|post comment

Recipe Wednesday [09 Nov 2005|11:41pm] Boiled Pig's Head 1/2 a salted pig's head 1 large cabbage 1 large onion 1 carrot 1 white turnip Parsley Sauce: 25g (1 oz.) butter 250 ml (1/2 pint) milk 2 tablesp. chopped parsley 25g (1 oz.) flour salt and pepper 1/2 teasp. mace Clean the head carefully in water, scraping away any rusty areas. Soak for 6 to 8 hours, place in a large saucepan covered with cold water and breing slowly to the boil. Simmer for 2 1/2 hours adding prepared root vegetables one hour before end of cooking-time. Make the parsley sauce: melt the butter in a small saucepan, stir in the flour, then add the milk slowly, stirring continuously over low heat until the sauce is creamy (about 4 minutes); add the chopped parsley and mace, keep hot. Also cook the cabbage in a little briskly boiling salted water with the lid off for about 10 minutes, drain well. Remove the skin from the cheek and tongue, and any bones which will come away easily. Serve on a large dish, surrounded by the root vegetables and the cabbage. Accompany with floury potatoes boiled in their skins, and the parsley sauce. Salted pig's head in the shop looks rather macabre, but cooked like this it is quite surprisingly palatable, and it is not expensive. The Irish Cookbook, Carla Blake, Mercier Press, 1971 [In 1971, a pig's head would probably have been a tasty and acceptable option; Ireland was a poor country, then, and offal was commonplace. Pig's head is a Cork City speciality, you can still get them in the English Market. If you substituted a shoulder of bacon for the pig's head, you'd have traditional Irish bacon and cabbage, with all the trimmings.] 4 comments|post comment

Latest cloth doll on eBay [06 Nov 2005|08:07pm] New dolly on eBay this week, a nice fat one. Her name is Biddy Goggin and she's got a basket for her messages. Thanks for looking! 4 comments|post comment

traditional Irish house shrine to the Sacred Heart [04 Nov 2005|11:55pm] 2 comments|post comment

Art Quilt on eBay [30 Oct 2005|07:24pm] Miniature Art Quilt handsewn, with vintage postcard image by homespunireland post comment

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