tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post4518923876636324198..comments2024-03-09T11:34:22.175+00:00Comments on The History Girls: Meon Hill - A Valentine's Day Death - Celia ReesMary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-35576397707954552152012-02-19T19:22:34.826+00:002012-02-19T19:22:34.826+00:00Fascinating post, Celia!Fascinating post, Celia!Leslie Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15105465949970430998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-75686773332974987972012-02-18T21:17:36.083+00:002012-02-18T21:17:36.083+00:00History is about the small and local, as much as i...History is about the small and local, as much as it is about powerful people and great events. Fascinating to know, Harriet, that the case had become playground folklore by the time you were growing up.<br />I'm not about to embark on a Mr Whicher, Adele. I know people who have been warned off for taking too much of an interest in ths case, so my explorations will remain srtictly fictional.Celia Reeshttp://www.celiarees.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-60237520050301907622012-02-18T12:31:30.275+00:002012-02-18T12:31:30.275+00:00Wonderful! Great story, Celia. I love these storie...Wonderful! Great story, Celia. I love these stories of ancient traditions bubbling up in the present, and the accidental cracking open of old cases. It's what lead to the writing of Island of Bones. <br /><br />Sue, for me it was a second hand copy of 'Fifty True Tales of Terror'. I can still picture the cover and feel the chills as I do...Imogenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08925800621947616280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-69543738508851577842012-02-18T12:11:40.837+00:002012-02-18T12:11:40.837+00:00What a stonkingly good story - you couldn't ma...What a stonkingly good story - you couldn't make it up! (Well, you probably could...) Very Denis Wheatley indeed. Would be fascinated to go there - but also a little scared.<br /><br />What is it about teenagers and horror? I used to terrify myself with stories by Algernon Blackwood and such like - not to mention Bram Stoker...Sue Purkisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09084528571944803477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-53312254823861692012-02-18T10:50:05.552+00:002012-02-18T10:50:05.552+00:00Macabre and creepy story Celia! I love all the Ce...Macabre and creepy story Celia! I love all the Celtic mythology about the Sidhe who live in the green fairy hills. And the theories that the whole witchcraft thing was fragments of older, Celtic religion that survived pre Christianity.Jongleusehttp://www.jongleuse.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-88573983063704110072012-02-18T10:41:01.733+00:002012-02-18T10:41:01.733+00:00As the kids say: WOWSERS!!! Fantastic story, Celia...As the kids say: WOWSERS!!! Fantastic story, Celia and you tell it so well. I reckon you could revisit it again in a kind of 'Mr Whicher' sort of way...but then would you want to?? Some stories, perhaps, best LEFT....oh, I'm creeping myself out here. But marvellous post. I too, love the notion of 'overlooking' which I hadn't heard before though of course ill wishing is more familiar. Fay Weldon wrote a wonderful novel called PUFFBALL which is all about ill-wishing!adelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15826710558292792068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-13165380253505266482012-02-18T10:19:56.118+00:002012-02-18T10:19:56.118+00:00This post is so fascinating for me, because I grew...This post is so fascinating for me, because I grew up in Warwickshire and though I never went to Lower Quinton or walked on Meon Hill I knew of what kids called 'the pitchfork murder', though only sketchy details... I have no memory of who told me, or when, but it shows how a story gets passed on, whispered about by generations of children. Thank you for filling in the details, Celia - chilling & intriguing.H.M. Castorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08716936870601385683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-72620043389565165422012-02-18T09:05:17.028+00:002012-02-18T09:05:17.028+00:00I love the way we can take real events and weave t...I love the way we can take real events and weave them into stories. And this has so many mysterious elements - I'm not surprised you revisit this. (One wonders if there is a missing diary somewhere, hidden in the attic of someone in the village, with the answer to the mystery - or maybe it's best that we never know.)JOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03127111575563904349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-72440035297368720762012-02-18T08:43:02.906+00:002012-02-18T08:43:02.906+00:00That's soooo creepy, Celia! *shiver* Fascinati...That's soooo creepy, Celia! *shiver* Fascinating.Marie-Louise Jensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18006940874591015786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-52619998473907883872012-02-18T06:19:06.964+00:002012-02-18T06:19:06.964+00:00The essence of macabre fascination lies herein--th...The essence of macabre fascination lies herein--the very stuff "Criminal Minds" and "Cold Case" (USA television drama)is made of. The supernatural element, composed of authentic Celtic lore, and it's perversion into murder most foul is the cream of every mystery that focuses on human behavior. I like the original character very much. This said, not to criticize your choice at all, only to point to a preference for older subjects. Too bad you were not able to pursue the mystery of the facts to a conclusion. But such is a fiction writers priority--take the inspiration directly to your own creation.<br /><br />PS<br />I love the History Girls!Ms.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09479767121319709878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-9820096815675375592012-02-18T01:21:27.725+00:002012-02-18T01:21:27.725+00:00If I really was a cat this would send the fur up a...If I really was a cat this would send the fur up along the ridge of my spine.catdownunderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06959328192182156574noreply@blogger.com