"In old , butterflies were the souls of the dead and it was unlucky to harm one. The , however, was thought to be the devil and was persecuted. The idea of the butterfly as the embodiment of the soul implies their ability to cross into the . My ancestors often saw no boundary at all between wild places and that Otherworld which we cannot see."
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Women born in the 1980sWomen authors from the United KingdomNon-fiction authors from Northern IrelandWomen from Northern IrelandMemoirists from Northern Ireland
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