Louvain Rees ⚰️さんのイラストまとめ

Wishing you all a wonderful #WinterSolstice🌛

The illustration below shows Dr William Price.

He was a vegetarian nudist and druid who believed in free love and herbal remedies 🌿

He is best known as a pioneer of modern cremation 🔥

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Not only did he steal and sell the church silverware, but he also made a note of it going missing in the parish register.

‘On Whitsunday June 5th the Communion Silver Service was stolen from this Church and not returned.’

#StainedGlassSunday 🕯

Gloucester Cathedral ⛪

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#StDwynwensDay 💘

The story of a love letter from the @AmgueddfaCymru collections 💌

Sarah was 20 years old when she received the letter. She fell in love with a butcher and they kept a public house together 🍻

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This is thought to be the earliest photograph of a snowman in the world and it was taken in Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 ☃️

It was taken by Mary Dillwyn (c.1853) who is thought to be one of the earliest female photographers in the world 📷

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#Wales #History

It is unlucky to uproot Periwinkle from a grave 🌱

The dead will appear to the person who takes it and his dreams for the next twelve months will be very wretched and miserable 💀

#FolkloreThursday #Wales #History

It was believed that the Taff Whirlpool was frequented by a lovely lady who lured people whilst bathing 🌪

Youths were known to swim towards her, attracted by her beauty. They were then sucked into the vortex, and their bodies could never be found 💀

#FolkloreThursday #Wales

An example of a pauper/low-income gravemarker at St Gwynno's Church, Llanwonno.

#Wales #History

'My Dearest Sarah' 💘

For Valentine's Day, I traced the recipient of a love letter that was written in 1845.

Sarah was 20 years old when she received the letter. She fell in love with a butcher and they kept a public house together 🍻

https://t.co/fv5GOvSXeY #Wales
#History