Category: Culture
An End to Foot Binding in China
I don’t feel that it is my right to criticize the traditions and customs of other cultures, but I am certainly glad that foot binding…
Cosmetic Baths of 1830
Cosmetic baths from over 100 years ago were not so different from the all natural herb baths we take today. Sure, we won’t use rain…
Celtic Words Translated Wrong
It is amazing how languages and words can get mixed up over the years, decades, and centuries. The Celtic (pronounced Keltic) languages, for example, are…
How Science Traps Ghosts
It is 1922 and psychic investigators say they have the latest scientific tools to catch or discover ghosts. Granted, these tools include bells, pendulums, and…
Pantaloons and a Psychic Love Affair
Pantaloons? Psychic love affair? What the hum am I reading? Oh wait, it’s a newspaper article from 1906. That explains everything. The article reads like…
The Sixth Sense Fallacy
Here is an interesting article published in 1909 that does not deny the reality of psychic powers or the sixth sense, but likens them to…
9 Crazy Superstitions About Your Eyebrows
Your eyes, your skin complexion, and even the shape of your eyebrows can tell a lot about you according to folk beliefs and superstitions. It…
10 Strange Bread Baking Beliefs and Superstitions
Bread, long a symbol of plenty, was an important part of people’s diets for well over 2,000 years (long before the gluten free diets of…
10 Strange Ways to Give a Friend Good Luck
They say that giving is the way to self-fulfillment, so why not gift your friends and family some good luck? After all, a bit of…
The Magical Lore of Agate: 5 Surprising Beliefs from Folklore
Agate stones, with their swirls of color and unique patterns, have been treasured for centuries—not only for their beauty but also for their mystical properties….
