Green Children of Woolpit 5: Parallels January 26, 2015
Author: Beach Combing | in : Medieval…not green. Can anyone add others? drbeachcombing AT yahoo DOT com Other green children posts… 26 Jan 2015: Invisible plays the mermaid card, more specifically the mermaid of Edam. …
Piper at the Gates of Dawn: Pan, Kenneth Grahame and Wind in the Willows April 6, 2015
Author: Beach Combing | in : Contemporary…as he looked, he lived; and still, as he lived, he wondered. All images relate to the Piper episode. Look out for baby otter. 30 April 2015: Invisible notes the…
London Polt October 21, 2015
Author: Beach Combing | in : Modern…the cause of all, however extraordinary it may seem of one of her age; but up to the present time it continues a mystery, and the modus operandi is invisible….
Anglo-Saxon Church Eaves and Baby Burials May 11, 2015
Author: Beach Combing | in : Medieval…Irish still born burials and for one long-suffering Anglo-Saxon baby follow the links. 19 May 2015: Invisible with an important point: I don’t think anyone has suggested foundation sacrifices and…
The Fewston Witches 1621-1623: A Yorkshire Coven October 1, 2022
Author: Beach Combing | in :…from within a suffering family. As his daughters spoke to spectral witches, invisible familiars and demons Edward was there with his quill. Here a Victorian edition of Edward’s witchcraft diary,…
Where Are the Gods of the Modern World? July 10, 2015
Author: Beach Combing | in : Ancient, Contemporary, Medieval, Modern, Prehistoric…Fantastic Four represent the four elements, Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic is water, Sue Richards/Invisible Woman is air, Johnny Storm/Human Torch is fire, and The Thing is earth. Spider-Man is a humanistic…
Beachcombed 62 August 1, 2015
Author: Beach Combing | in : Beachcombed…The posts, though, will keep coming…. Thanks, as always, to the multiple linkers: Amanda, Invisible, Chris S, Joan, Ricardo, Wade and others. I’ve put the very best contributions below to…
Immortal Meals #30: Chair Jumping at Court June 27, 2016
Author: Beach Combing | in : Modern…AT yahoo DOT com Source: Mid Sussex Times (12 July 1892), 6 Invisible writes, 30 Jun 2016, ‘Well, Lennox looks a devil of a chap! The account of his chair-jumping…
Victorian Urban Legend: the Clever Pickpocket September 18, 2015
Author: Beach Combing | in : Modern…is this or is it not an urban legend in the making: drbeachcombing AT yahoo DOT com 19 Sept 2015: Invisible writes in ‘A long time ago, when money had…
Fat Virgin Mary in the Lost Provinces September 26, 2015
Author: Beach Combing | in : Modern…flag might suggest that he was always seen at a distance until he strayed into the range of a German soldier. 30 Sep 2015: Invisible writes ‘You can’t do much…
Alabama Treasure Ghosts September 26, 2016
Author: Beach Combing | in : Modern…a white cow, wine, and honey — inveigling the invisible ones and tempting them by food to give up the secret of the buried treasure. At the end of the…
Prostitutes’ Symbols October 9, 2016
Author: Beach Combing | in : Medieval…Invisible writes, 31 Oct 2016: Besides being a symbol of lepers, bells of a very different sort were a fashionable accessory: the so-called folly bells seen on Renaissance jester costumes….
The Kaiser and the Crowned Prince June 20, 2016
Author: Beach Combing | in : Modern…suddenly disappeared. Wells Journal (10 Dec 1896), 8 Other German stories: drbeachcombing AT yahoo DOT com Invisible writes in, 30 Jun 2016, with more Germans: A sentry having failed to…
Dwarfknapped! July 23, 2017
Author: Beach Combing | in : Medieval…steininn; en steinninn laukst þegar aptr, ok kom Svegðir eigi aptr. Those invisible doors… If you pass the great rock you can certainly still hear the Swedish king banging, hoping…