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#TheVictorianBookoftheDead 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!

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

#TheVictorianBookoftheDead 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)
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#FolkloreThursday 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.

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

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

#MrsDaffodil tells of a banshee with a bracelet. https://t.co/xAbav5erUi

#TheVictorianBookoftheDead joke du jour 1883 1/2
Miss Gushington (to young widow whose husband has left her a large fortune): “That is the fourteenth mourning costume I have seen you wear in three days and each lovelier and more becoming than the other!"

@memizon Miasma....

#MrsDaffodil on a jealous husband, his cold-hearted, faithless, abominable wife, an insurance policy, and the undertaker. Hilarity ensues. https://t.co/ShshR98H15
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