Category: Culture
10 Dark and Witchy Owl Superstitions
The owl, a symbol of wisdom and the sacred bird of Athena, is steeped in superstitions. Since the Christian era, the bird has been riddled…
Scary Paper Bag Halloween Masks from 1931
Handmade paper bag Halloween masks are easily scarier than any rubber horror mask you can buy online. Why? I have no idea. They are just…
How Coconut Oil was Used in the Early 1900s
With all the nonsense in the news about coconut oil being poison, I thought I should show you that coconut was wildly popular in the…
10 Old Superstitions About Peaches and Peach Trees
Peach tree and fruit superstitions can be found all over the world. The tree originated in China, and was brought to Europe and North America…
Women Who Don’t Cook are Unfit to be Wives and Mothers
Women, in order to be desirable, must be able to cook. If she fails to make breakfast in the morning, she is not fit to…
6 Cool Catsuits from 1969
Why were they called catsuits? Because they were “suits” for women. Both the top and bottom of the suit would match and it was often…
10 Awesome Bell Bottom Pant Styles of the Sixties
Back in the eighties, anyone caught wearing a pair of old bell bottoms was written off as a fashion dork. But then those millennial kids…
9 Sixties Australia Protest Photos
While the sixties and protests often brings to mind the world famous photos of U.S. and British flower children, Australia also had some wonderful protests…
10 Newspaper Photos of Actual Hippies
What would the sixties have been without the hippies? Rather boring, I suspect. Below are newspaper photos and brief glimpses at the hippy way of…
10 Awesome Headdresses from the Roaring Twenties
Here are a collection of headdresses commonly worn by the flappers in the roaring twenties. Many of these can be easily recreated, beaded, or sewn…
