Category: Culture
British Soldier Charms During the Second Boer War
Soldiers to this day carry lucky charms with them. The charm can be a letter, a photo, or some other small object. The writer of…
Belief in a Suicide Wind
I have never heard of a suicide wind before, but it sounds like a great premise to a horror story. From a 1904 newspaper article:…
1916 List Of Foods Forbidden To Baby Such As Beer And Whisky
Okay, folks. Don’t feed your baby beer. Keep the wine for yourself and skip the coffee, too. Here is a list of foods, published in…
8 Types of Drunk
Published in 1874, shortly before the time of Prohibition in the United States, this article details the eight types of drunks you can find on…
8 Fascinating Superstitions About St. John’s Wort
There are a lot of interesting superstitions associated with St. John’s Wort. Most of them are for protection and for finding love. You can find…
Yale Secret Society Members are Stuck Up
The article below is one of the first newspaper mentions I have found so far mentioning the secret societies at Yale. While the societies are…
10 Fascinating Cat Superstitions
Cats have far more superstitions attached to them than any other animal. They have been executed as witches, seen as the bearers of good or…
10 Strange Beliefs About The Devil
Whether or not you believe in the Devil, the stories and beliefs surround him are intriguing. The Devil absorbed everything Christians hated about Paganism (or…
10 Strange Beliefs About Butterflies
There are many strange beliefs about butterflies. In the distant past, they were killed and even thought to be bad omens, unlike the present day…
A Gypsy Divorce in the 1800s -Romani
Every now and then, gypsies come up in the old newspapers. Oftentimes, it is a negative report or sometimes something trifling. This account of how…
