Lady of Spain?

That sounds about right, Ruth. That advert still haunts my dreams - transcending the realms of the mere Surreal into those of pure Dada.

S., along with Taffy Thomas, is actually a busy regular at an important folk festival of the NE...

Never seen you at any of the Gathering storytelling sessions, WAV. For the last three years Taffy and I have done a two-hander in the Millennium Garden on the Saturday evening - the increasingly popular Twilight Tales, spooky tales & supernatural ballads complete with a blazing brazier of well-seasoned beech logs. Great fun! Maybe see you next year...

On the subject of worthy storytellers, I bought a copy of Bob Pegg's Folk on ebay the other day; if the vendor does his job it ought to be arriving in the post today, or maybe tomorrow. This, along with Bob Pegg's Rites and Riots, is one of Nigel Dorchester's favourite books.