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Halloween used to be a great time for games and telling fortunes. Children, teenagers, and even the adults got in on the fun. The needle…

While I absolutely love the smell of oranges, I have never taken an orange bath. While the article below was published in 1915, a quick…

We know Heinz as the ketchup brand, but the originator of the Heinz brand was actually called the Pickle King. When he was a boy,…

I often have problems falling asleep, so I work instead. I don’t put any stock in the insomnia remedies, but I found this old cure…

Sluggard wakers used to be those people who would wake up the sleepers in church. While I can’t imagine much sleeping going on inside a…

Okay, I have officially heard it all when it comes to weird cures. Here is an article, found in a 1903 newspaper, that announces that…

Published in 1914, these Halloween games are not the safe games children sometimes play today during the Halloween season. I do not recommend playing any…

In superstition and folklore, all mirrors are magical. They can be mirrors of water, metal, stone, or glass. Any reflective surface is a mirror. It…

Don’t know what all to do with the mint you have growing in your garden? How about making some mint juleps on a hot, summer…

Laudanum was a medical concoction of ten percent opium and ninety percent alcohol. It was flavored with saffron, cinnamon, and cloves or other spices. Extremely…