The Brownies, drawn by Palmer Cox, are almost unknown to anyone younger than 80 today, but they were favorites of children from 1883 into the 1930s. The Brownies were tiny fairies, all male, who each ...
The excitement surrounding the end of February has been principally related to it being Shrove Tuesday; a pancake-eating opportunity. However, for the brownies group (a Girl Guiding organization) at ...
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