They are called darning needle cactus by the locals because there's a single sharp thorn for each areole. It's a thin, ropey cholla that nobody grows much anymore. But I have many of them here in the ...

How many of us grew up being told that if we told a lie a dragonfly would come and sew our mouths shut? Pretty scary! This is where the common darner (a type of large dragonfly) gets its name - a ...

IRISH TIMES ODDITIES: A needle's journey:An account of a broken needle, which travelled through a girl's body from foot to head, comes from Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. It appears that in June, 1926, ...