Owen Daviesさんのイラストまとめ

If you are interested in criminal corpses and executions then the "Palgrave Historical Studies in the Criminal Corpse and its Afterlife" is for you. Thanks to the Wellcome Trust all NINE books are free to download https://t.co/Y01wsww5mn

Building protection. Challenges of folkloric evidence. I've researched the tradition of houseleek (Sempervivum tectorum) growing on roofs as lightning/fire protection. Loads of folklore about, but cannot find any evidence that people actively planted it for this purpose in 19thC.

Do enjoy early phrenology texts. In 1815 Thomas Forster proposed that the human brain had an ‘Organ of Mysterizingness’, which disposed people to believe in ghosts, astrology etc. What a wonderful organ. Crucikshank had fun at their expense - see here https://t.co/UBNr4Lhnex

'The Blue Witch Ball' (1924) by Isaac Cohen, for Tatler magazine. So-called 'witch balls' are an invented concept of the 20thC. They provide a fascinating example of how the modern media has shaped the invention of tradition. Add 'witch' to an object/mark to re-enchant it.

Religious medals and secular charms together on these protective amulets worn by Italian soldiers, probably during the Italian war in Libya.