Category: Culture

This article, originally published in 1905, discusses Medieval superstitions about the mandrake root and how it is still to this day kept as a doll….

According to a newspaper article published in 1905, deaths by crocodiles happened after curtains were washed in rivers was a common superstition. It makes sense,…

Called the “greatest healing invention of the age,” the electric belt made for men was a popular devise in the late 1800s and early 1900s….

The adder is only native poisonous snake in Britain. It was feared as an omen of misfortune and it was believed that if an adder…

In folklore, red gardenias are the flowers of choice when it comes to seduction and love magic. In Sexual Bewitchery (Dolnick et al., 1998), the…

We, the people, are a ridiculous species on the planet Earth. We point and make fun of the strange rituals and habits of other animals…

One of the more devious, yet often retold methods of capturing love involves the lowly footprint. From Europe to Africa, a woman would watch where…

Halloween night was a fantastic time for divining future husbands, according to William S. Walsh (1925). He writes how on October 31st “cabbages are torn…

Back in third grade, the music teacher taught us how to sing The Old Gray Mare. After singing the song the first time through, a…

The peacock has a long history of being a symbol of beauty and creativity. The peacock also symbolizes the ability to rise above life’s challenges,…