Bear Essentials

If you go down to the woods today, you’re sure of a big surprise.

If you go down to the woods today, you’re sure of a big surprise.

Well at least if you venture to the Cavan countryside, you are in for a treat.

It’s there that German-born Anke Morgenroth is keeping the teddy bear tradition alive, with her company Bear Essentials.

Anke makes traditional handmade teddy bears from high quality mohair.

‘‘They are like old-fashioned traditional German teddy bears,” she said. Mohair, which is also called ...