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

Currently researching insanity, asylums & supernatural beliefs. Came across 2 late-19thC refs in popular idiom to "The Thing" as a means of describing a tormenting supernatural being/fairy/witch/devil. Both Irish cases. Intriguing. "The Thing" now has modern resonance of course.

Here's a #folkhorror-esque experience. Late 1980s. I was digging a huge round Neolithic enclosure, West Kennet. It's the height of the crop circle phenomenon in the area. Seekers everywhere. Stubble burning still allowed. Hills ringed with fire at night. Valleys smoke-filled.

This evening on the MA Folklore we were discussing experiencing the supernatural in the landscape past and present, including how folklorists can interpret and understand the crop circle phenomenon of the 80s/90s. And how crop circle researchers sought out folkloric evidence.

@hagenilda @IHR_FoodHist @historecipes Look in the late 18th-19th newspapers and you find references to good "old English breakfasts". This seems to mean, basically, having meats for breakfast with tea or coffee. In other words, a time that when meat & imported drinks were increasingly available for all meals.

'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.

This Oxford Illustrated History of Witchcraft and Magic is now available from all good bookshops! From Antiquity to Harry Potter.

Sacred Heart scapular badge. Worn for protection by many Catholic soldiers during the FWW. Faith &/or popular magic?