Corpus Christi Carol
This haunting medieval carol seemed appropriate for today. There is definitely a mystery hidden in this song. Corpus Christi CarolLulley, lully, lulley, lully,The faucon hath born my mak away.He bare hym up, he bare hym down,He bare hym into an orchard brown.In that orchard ther was an hall,That was hanged with purpill and pall.And in that hall ther was a bede,Hit was hangid with gold so rede.And yn that bede ther lythe a knyght,His wowndes bledyng day and nyght.By that bedes side ther kneleth a may,And she wepeth both nyght and day.And by that bedes side ther stondith a ston,”Corpus...
Read MoreInterview with Katherine Howe!
This interview is published on Amazon.com.Katherine Howe is the bestselling author of The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane and a descendant of both Elizabeth Proctor, who survived the Salem witch trials, and Elizabeth Howe, who did not. Read her interview with Mary Sharratt, author of Daughters of the Witching Hill: Katherine Howe: I am so looking forward to learning more about Daughters of the Witching Hill. As I started the book, I was curious about something. The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane covers some well-worn territory in American history: the Salem witch trials, which we all...
Read MoreThe English woodland in May
This weekend, I went walking in Marles Wood near Ribchester to see the bluebells.We also saw some very interactive cows.And here is the view of Pendle Hill.
Read MoreHappy Mother’s Day
DAUGHTERS OF THE WITCHING HILL is a novel that celebrates strong mothers and daughters.Mother Demdike, the most notorious of the Pendle Witches of 1612, had the most infamous reputation. Before her arrest on witchcraft charges at the age of eighty, she had worked as a cunning woman and healer for decades, training both her daughter, Elizabeth Device, and her granddaughter, Alizon Device, in her craft. This is what court clerk Thomas Potts had to say about Mother Demdike in The Wonderfull Discoverie of Witches in the Countie of Lancaster: She was a very old woman, about the age of Foure-score...
Read MoreEldritch Goings On: Saint Mark’s Eve
Saint Mary’s Church in Newchurch in Pendle, as spooky a place as any to hold the Vigil of the Eve of Saint Mark.One of the most intriguing English superstitions was the Vigil of the Eve of Saint Mark. Those of gothic sensibilities take note.On April 24, the night before the feast day of Saint Mark the Evangelist, the morbidly curious gathered on the church porch between the hours of 11:00 pm and 1:00 am, in hope of seeing the ghosts of all who would die and be buried in the churchyard that coming year. It was believed that those who would die earlier in that year appeared first,...
Read MoreDaughters of the Witching Hill Reader Review Contest
Win signed copies of all my books, plus an exclusive handmade piece of jewelry designed by Elise Mattheson. How to enter:1. Post your Insightful Reader Review of Daughters of the Witching Hill on one of the following online review sites:Amazon.com,Amazon.co.uk,Barnesandnoble.com,Borders.com, orPowells.comThen sign my guest book telling me about your review.Entries must be posted by May 7, 2010.Happy Reading!
Read MoreAbout Mary Sharratt
An American author living on the Silver Coast of Portugal, Mary Sharratt is on a mission to write women back into history. She is the author of Revelations and seven previous critically acclaimed novels, including Daughters of the Witching Hill, the Nautilus Award–winning Illuminations: A Novel of Hildegard von Bingen, The Dark Lady’s Mask: A Novel of Shakespeare’s Muse, and Ecstasy, about the life, loves, and music of Alma Mahler. When she is not writing, you can find her riding her beautiful Welsh mare.
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