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HERHEROES & VILLAINS 

Geoffrey Chaucer

Geoffrey Chaucer

Marc Bolan

Marc Bolan

Boudicca

Boudicca

Mother Shipton

Mother Shipton

Emily Bronte

Emily Bronte

Dylan Thomas

Dylan Thomas

Yuri Gagarin

Yuri Gagarin

Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde

Grainne Ni Mhaille

Grainne Ni Mhaille

(1530 -1603) The Sea Queen of Connacht.

Doctor John Dee

Doctor John Dee

(13 July 1527 – 1608 or 1609) Mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, occultist, imperialist and adviser to Queen Elizabeth I

Jacques Brel

Jacques Brel

Billy the Kid

Billy the Kid

Ephraim Gatesby

Ephraim Gatesby

1598 -

Captain Beefheart

Captain Beefheart

Delia Murphy

Delia Murphy

1902-1971 Singer and collector of Irish Ballads.

'Harry Houdini'

'Harry Houdini'

1874-1926 Born Erik Weisz in Budapest, Harry Houdini was an illusionist and stunt performer.

William Blake Death Mask

William Blake Death Mask

Edith Piaf

Edith Piaf

Robert Boyle FRS

Robert Boyle FRS

1627-1691 Irish scientist and inventor, best known for Boyle's Law, and his book The Sceptical Chymist. Fanny's first cousin (three times removed).

Bridget and Michael Cleary

Bridget and Michael Cleary

"Are you a Witch? Are you a Fairy? Are you the wife of Michael Cleary?"

Claude Duvall

Claude Duvall

1643-1670

Black Horse Fairy Folklore

Black Horse Fairy Folklore

The Fear and the Fury

The Fear and the Fury

"The Fear and the Fury are two savage dogs, and I have bred them inside me, They follow your scent as they would a fox, and I let their savagery guide me."

Sitting Bull

Sitting Bull

1831-1890

Buffalo Bill

Buffalo Bill

William Frederick Cody (1846-1917) Buffalo Bill brought his 'Wild West Show' to Keighley, in the West Riding of Yorkshire in 1903.

Count Kundalini

Count Kundalini

Mata Hari

Mata Hari

Black Horse Fairy Folklore

Black Horse Fairy Folklore

The Earl of Doncaster

The Earl of Doncaster

Fanny Ferris

Fanny Ferris

Archie Blackwell

Archie Blackwell

Franklin Gothic

Franklin Gothic

Black Horse Fairy Folklore

Black Horse Fairy Folklore

Hark hark, the dogs do bark, the Beggars are coming to town. Some in rags and some in tags, and one in a velvet gown.

"The crow shrieks warning."

"The crow shrieks warning."

Bluebeard

Henri Landru

Henri Landru

1869-1922 French serial killer. Known as 'Bluebeard'.

Michael Cleary

Michael Cleary

Ida Gillson (nee Ferris)

Ida Gillson (nee Ferris)

1914-1991 Cricketer

Christabel Pankhurst

Christabel Pankhurst

1880-1958. Co-founder of the Women's Social and Political Union. She directed its militant actions from exile in France until the outbreak of the Great War.

Aleister Crowley

Aleister Crowley

Patti Smith

Patti Smith

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