Tag Archives: Corsican

Edward Lear in Corsica

Posted on August 7, 2015 by Eddie Playfair

Edward Lear (1812-1888) is probably best known for the limericks and nonsense rhymes of his Book of Nonsense (1846) but he was also an accomplished and well-travelled zoological, botanical and landscape artist. He was the twentieth of twenty-one children born into a middle-class family … Continue reading →

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Village wisdom: Corsican proverbs and sayings

Posted on August 12, 2014 by Eddie Playfair

Every Corsican comes from a village and Corsican wisdom is the wisdom of village life. Such village wisdom looks inwards for its universal insights into human frailty and mortality, luck and jealousy. Its laconic sayings find truth in food and … Continue reading →

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