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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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#TheVictorianBookoftheDead 1868 widow snark:
How long does a widow mourn for her husband?
She mourns for a second.

[Robes de deuil et de demi-deuil, Heloise Suzanne Leloir, 1869 https://t.co/LC8sZIaqzd]

#MementoMoriMonday A Merry Company, [not practising social distancing] Disturbed by Death, Gesina ter Borch, c. 1660
https://t.co/iN9jHRgcPW
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#MrsDaffodil joke du jour 1880

Young swell: “Schnieder, I should like to have my mustache dyed.”
Polite barber: “Certainly, sir; did you bring it with you?”