Beachcombed 50 August 1, 2014
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Dear Reader, For all those who’ve asked Mrs B pregnancy progresses well and the due date is set for late November. The family are about to go to the sea with my father in law and I get a couple of weeks to write. Special thanks not only to the emailers (represented below) but also to Wade, Invisible, Chris S, Ricardo, Andy and Amanda who have sent me link upon link, and links that were so much better than the bits and pieces I was able to find: should anyone else ever wish to help, strangehistorylinks AT gmail DOT com. If anyone has a good historical handshake for the August history roundups I’d love to see it…
ISIS Cobblers: a couple of updates on this including the Jihad conquering Rome.
Self Castrators: Sam writes in with skoptsy, basically institutionalised self castration
Three Wellingtons: Invisible gives low down on hair jewelry.
The Hands Haven’t It: Louis gives a Dutch perspective on Church vandalism.
Late Zombie Burials: Chris from Haunted Ohio Books writes in with a late US example, though not this late.
A Saucy Roman History Book: Chris S sends in a brilliant cartoon.
Apocalypse Demographics: Several unusual takes on this from Chris S, Sébastien, Ricardo and hauntingly Nathaniel on men with biceps.
Meteorite Weapon: JKM on Indonesian Kris, Andy the Mad Monk on his experience making meteorite weapons, and the Astronomer from Space Between the Lines with some corrections.
Migration, Inundation: Norm writes in, inter alia, Tibet.
Book of Grimoires: Nathaniel remembers the competition
Silly Duels. StM writes on Tycho Brahe
Nobs and Plebs in Irish Courts: Stephen and Mike L with more anecdotes
Irish Colony in Spain: Vox Hiberionacum hammers philology, Invisible offers an alternative Irish explanation and ML goes after the architecture.
Golden Ghost of Mold, Cornwall: Borky on ‘druidly ghosts’.
Somers Affair. MR gives a long and fasinating reflection with a great picture to boot.
Knight and Lightning: GMcD and Chris S claim that the knight would be safe though on different grounds.
Encounters of the Zeppelin Kind: Mike Dash explains the observation car and Borky on a coincidence.
Nineteenth-Century Grave Goods: Chris from Haunted Ohio Books on 19 cent grave goods and a photo of a fiddle coffin. Mystery solved.
