"...we should pass over all biographies of 'the good and the great,' while we search carefully the slight records of wretches who died in prison, in Bedlam, or upon the gallows."
~Edgar Allan Poe

Friday, November 8, 2024

Weekend Link Dump

 

"The Witches' Cove," Follower of Jan Mandijn

Welcome to this week's Link Dump!

It's not the only new thing around here, I guess.



Britain's last executed witch...may not have been executed after all.

Why we call it a "grandfather clock."

The British "bonfire night" of 1824.

Why ancient Roman concrete was so strong.

The use of medicinal herbs 15,000 years ago.

To some people, it's a museum.  To others, it's a crime scene.

The day it rained cats in Brooklyn.

The days of professional walking.

Some old-fashioned cocoa and cider recipes.

Some old-fashioned sandwich recipes.  (Be warned: Most of them sound pretty horrifying.)

A medieval nurse gets a raise.

In which a bunch of Chinese dinosaurs die boring deaths.

The cat science behind "If it fits, I sits."

The life of a British barrister in India.

Do ghosts die?

The old signage of London.

Pro tip: Before buying a home, check the attic.

The mysterious sequel to an Iron Age massacre.

Some medieval marginalia.

The cholera scourge, 1849.

Do you ever get the feeling that you belong to the wrong species?

Divination in Early Modern Britain.

The Battle of Tippecanoe.

A murder case with some wild twists.

Did prehistoric Polynesians sail to Antarctica?

Is this the world's oldest tree?

The life and death of an Ice Age infant.

A brief history of the "royal we."

A "boy murderer."

The mice of Philpot Lane.

A slice of medieval Polish history.

A bizarre ancient "Frankenstein" skeleton.

That's all for this week!  See you on Monday, when we'll look at a witchcraft case with a feel-good ending.  In the meantime, bring on the mandolins!

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