(picture from the movie Tristan and Isolde)
In honor of St. Patrick’s Day and all things Irish, I’m interrupting the confessions of a sugar addict to share a real life Irish fairy tale with you.
It was the early 1800s in Ireland. John was a strapping young blacksmith from the County Waterford. He fell in love with a beautiful lass from a neighboring county. Her name was Eleanor.
Eleanor’s parents were Irish nobility, and she was their only daughter. She was destined to marry a nobleman, not a blacksmith. Her parents objected to John and would not allow them to marry.
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