PHOTO PROMPT © Rochelle Wisoff-Fields
Thanks to dear Rochelle for hosting Friday Fictioneers, and for the photo this week. Seasons greetings to the Fictioneers.
SWEET MOLLY McGUIRE
We have harvest, health, abundance , and the disappearance of sweet Molly McGuire. Her absence catches me unawares when we gather around the kitchen table and she’ not there. She’ll be back soon.? A mystery why Molly disappeared one evening, fetching a flagon of cider from the cellar. Seth went to fetch her, but she’d vanished from the cellar, like a candle in mid-winter, suddenly snuffed.You can imagine what stories the villagers came up with – the Green Man had lured her away with his pagan pipe music, or that she’d eloped with the blacksmith. So we toast the memory of sweet Molly McGuire.
December 21, 2021 at 1:11 pm
This was a wonderful mysterious write, Francine. I hope she is off on a wonderful adventure even whilst everyone misses her.
December 21, 2021 at 3:15 pm
Thanks so much Dale, glad you liked the mystery. I found the photo prompt full of mystery.
December 21, 2021 at 3:21 pm
Yes, indeed. I love that you captured it.
December 21, 2021 at 8:02 am
A fantastic mystery and the beginning of a much longer story!
December 21, 2021 at 3:24 pm
Glad you liked the the mystery Brenda. I think it’d be fun to ‘grow’ the mystery ! Thanks
December 20, 2021 at 1:34 pm
So sad and how they miss her. I hope she ran away with the blacksmith – there is a longer story here, for sure.
December 21, 2021 at 3:32 pm
I appreciate your comment Jilly. The story could develop for sure, as you say, lots of possibilities .
December 20, 2021 at 12:33 am
Francine, that is truly a haunting story.
December 21, 2021 at 3:39 pm
Thanks so much Jade, I’m glad you liked the story.
December 21, 2021 at 4:58 pm
You’re very welcome.
December 19, 2021 at 5:46 pm
Dear Francine,
Some say a saucer landed and someone took her in…oh wait, that’s Maxine. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-V6_HgHCFoA No doubt Sweet Molly McGuire had a story, but it’s more fun to make them up. Cute story. Enjoy the song. 😉
Shalom,
Rochelle
December 21, 2021 at 4:07 pm
I agree Rochelle – much more fun to make them up ! Love the song, I can imagine singing it in a pub, when they have a ‘Folk Night”.
December 18, 2021 at 3:06 pm
I’m sure that cellar has a secret door, one the blacksmith knows about. And off they go. Great fun!
December 21, 2021 at 4:14 pm
Thanks for your comment Gabi, glad the story appealed to you.
December 18, 2021 at 5:49 am
Quite a mystery! I reckon she eloped with the blacksmith (with a bottle of rather fine wine for the reception!).
December 21, 2021 at 4:20 pm
Thanks so much Ali, pleased you liked the mystery. I love the idea she took some fine wine for the reception !
December 18, 2021 at 5:11 am
Excellent writing to put this much interest in a story of only 100 words. I vote for the blacksmith also. 😀
December 21, 2021 at 4:26 pm
I appreciate your comment Oneta, thankyou.
December 17, 2021 at 9:27 pm
Love a good mystery. I vote the Greenman, Well told.
December 21, 2021 at 4:27 pm
Thanks for your comment Bill, much appreciated.
December 17, 2021 at 8:59 pm
realistically, it must be the blacksmith. 🙂
December 21, 2021 at 4:30 pm
You reckon ? Thanks Plaridel.
December 17, 2021 at 3:46 pm
My bet is the blacksmith
December 21, 2021 at 4:37 pm
Thanks Neil, I think you may be right.
December 17, 2021 at 2:48 pm
An intriguing mystery. Well done.
December 21, 2021 at 4:40 pm
Thanks mason, much appreciated.
December 17, 2021 at 2:33 pm
Molly McGuire being an Irish name, I hope she has eloped with the blacksmith and gone to America. (Not on the Titanic I trust). A nice story with many avenues to explore.
December 21, 2021 at 4:44 pm
Thanks so much James. I think the Irish are resourceful people aren’t they.