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  • Index Biography #29: Prize a book April 30, 2016

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Medieval
    Index Biography #29: Prize a book

          ***Invisible first across the line, look below for the answer*** The Index Biography is a new form of biography pioneered by this blog and introduced in a…

    Daily History Picture: 18Cent Knitting Needle April 27, 2016

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
    Daily History Picture: 18Cent Knitting Needle

    …and more money earned. Hope this is helpful. Invisible writes in: Here is how they were used. Here is a post about one possibly owned by the Bronte’s mother, Maria….

    Beachcombed 65 November 1, 2015

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Beachcombed
    Beachcombed 65

    Invisible, Chris S, Joan, Ricardo, Wade and others. I’ve put the very best contributions below to the posts from this month: the cream follow here. B Bodies in Trees: Typhon…

    Is St Francis’ Horn Egyptian? April 20, 2016

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Medieval
    Is St Francis' Horn Egyptian?

    …a remarkable meeting, but that it actually sealed that meeting is, unfortunately, unproven. Sources includes Tartuferi, D’Arelli, L’Arte di Francisco (Firenze 2015) Invisible writes 30 Apr 2016: Fascinating post about…

    The Wold Cottage Meteorite October 15, 2011

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Modern
    The Wold Cottage Meteorite

    …28 Oct 2011: Several of you (Invisible, EdM, Southern Man, SY) have sent in this great report from the Telegraph describing a recent meteorite attack on a French home. Thanks…

    The Wesley Ghost #2: Dramatis Personae November 7, 2015

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Modern
    The Wesley Ghost #2: Dramatis Personae

    …three servants at the parsonage: though servants are notoriously invisible in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century accounts. Of these three we can name Robert Brown and Nanny Marshall. There were seven of…

    Beachcombed 63 September 1, 2015

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Beachcombed
    Beachcombed 63

    …on Islamic heresies, and Louis on Orthodox Christianity… The Mystics and Joe Bloggs: Invisible on the divison between mystics and normals… The South Will Rise Again in Brazil: Dennis with…

    The Smith’s Ghosts October 24, 2015

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Modern
    The Smith's Ghosts

    …even the flutter of a bird would startle him in a fearful manner. He walked about like a being who held companionship with the invisible his energies were cramped, and…

    Beachcombed 57 March 1, 2015

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Beachcombed
    Beachcombed 57

    …more recent ones… Historical Ménage a Trois: Invisible on a composer I’d never expected… How Gerbils Killed Millions: LTM brings in the comets… In Search of Medieval Pain: Chris sends…

    Source of Life: Mrs B Gives Birth November 17, 2014

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Actualite
    Source of Life: Mrs B Gives Birth

    3.5 kilos, homebirth, lots of stitches, baby and mother doing well. 29 Nov 2014 Invisible sent this beautiful piece in. Looking for anecdotes of Charles I, ran across this charming…

    Beachcombed 54 December 1, 2014

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Beachcombed
    Beachcombed 54

    …at Blackpool: Neil with some information on the Boswell family Roman Empire vs Caliphate in Sub-Saharan Africa: Philip on African winds getting in the way… Source of Life: Invisible sends…

    Beachcombed 55 January 1, 2015

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Beachcombed
    Beachcombed 55

    …rubbishes the picture. Too good to be true… Dragon Sleeps with Queen: Typhon redates and gives context. Earth Light in Norfolk: Bruce and Invisible on personal experiences or accounts of…

    Struell Wells, Ireland: Pagan Customs in the Modern Age? January 15, 2015

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Ancient, Medieval
    Struell Wells, Ireland: Pagan Customs in the Modern Age?

    …an early modern well… Other examples of this kind of remarkable continuity: drbeachcombing AT yahoo DOT com 16 Jan 2014: Invisible writes in: ‘On nude bathing at Struell Wells. Victorians…

    Churchill in Antwerp Mystery: Hunt the Photograph January 17, 2015

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Contemporary
    Churchill in Antwerp Mystery: Hunt the Photograph

    Invisible an old and dear friend of this blog has sent the following story in from an American newspaper, Evening Ledger, 20 Oct 1914. The problem is the story was…

    The Horror of Electric Lights January 18, 2015

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Modern
    The Horror of Electric Lights

    …later it would have been reported as a UFO. 31 Jan 2015: Invisible writes, ‘On electricity poisoning: An early version of the “CIA/Illuminati/sinister cabal of your choice are beaming thoughts…