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Author A is for Arsenic: An ABC of Victorian Death & The Victorian Book of the Dead. Ghosts, death, mourning, costume, Forteana. Podcast: Boggart and Banshee
hauntedohiobooks.com

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on the lament of a man cast out of his home by fruit. The Women Folk are Canning Fruit. https://t.co/5baYCa1ZBJ

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Reported in 1896
The funeral procession must not cross a river.
Baldwinsville, N. Y.

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For and stories of curious things (and people) eaten by sharks.
https://t.co/chU15NvWwk

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1883
A colonel was courting an Austin widow.
A friend asked the widow how she spent her days.
“Most of my time is taken up with general duties.”
“General Duties! You fickle creature. What will the colonel say when he finds the general cutting him out!

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on a little girl convalescing at the sea-side and how she used her camera. https://t.co/n1Qa4UDDCF

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A cane made of "Wood of Grant's Funeral Car." This might be the Albany funeral car (top photo) or the New York City funeral car (below)
https://t.co/QLyZk9Z2xs

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I'm a bit reluctant to post this because I'm very fond of bats, so don't try this at home. To see in the darkest night: grease the eyes with the blood of a bat. And: The heart of a bat tied between two pieces of silver, will protect from evil.

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Widow's Bonnet from Eaton's Spring and Summer Catalogue, 1904. $5.00 to $10.00, depending on quality of veil.

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on a magical path to matrimony--just one block over. "The Bridal Path: 1891" https://t.co/HOaje9zfHY

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