Beachcombing's Bizarre History Blog

…the Deep: Four sea idylls written by M. Fornario, author Gertrude Bracey, London: Boosey & Co, 1917. Invisible also gives this quotation from a contemporary newspaper that gives you some…

…Scotland. *** 27/2/2013: A few treasures. Invisible writes in with this record from the British Library Memories of the Deep: Four sea idylls written by M. Fornario, author Gertrude Bracey,…

…he nor I could hope to prove this. B. Scary Madonna: Invisible writes “notorious, terrifying Madonna”… “this is NOT a Madonna you would want to run into on a cold…

…notorious, terrifying Madonna from the Melun Diptych, c. 1450. Thanks to Invisible for the tip. Let’s start by remembering that madonnas were everywhere in the Middle Ages. Indeed, if you…

***This post is dedicated to Invisible*** Beachcombing has sometimes lamented in this place the passing of the fairy faith be that in Essex, the Isle of Man or Yorkshire. How…

…ago. Anything more on this Goblin and should we take ‘decorated’ to mean that this was a doll? drbeachcombing AT yahoo DOT com *** 31 August 2012: Invisible points out…

…the crowds reach out for her virtus. A rough diamond picture. (Invisible writes in with a correction here: The photo you have listed as mystic Concepción Cabrera de Armida of…

…Teddy, not That Man.’ Then Invisible: Oh, golly, I completely forgot some interesting 19th century names from my own ancestors. My Great-Grandmother used to recite these as sort of a…

…com *** 5/7/2012: Invisible has come up with a brilliant few lines here: ‘Unfortunately I can’t give you documentation of earlier White Ladies in the Lewtrenchard area, but William Henderson,…

…What about the jumping objects: presumably an invisible thread of great strength? And the mirrors showing far away places: ‘they do it with mirrors you know’? *** 30 June 2010:…

…Bakersfield, which is the Oakdale and Eastdale Roads part of Carlton, and there is only one Bullock on either Oakdale or Eastdale; [address suppressed for confidentiality]. Invisible confirms the horrible…

…something. Evans Wentz gently explained to readers how fairies were real and how only the school, the church and railways had made them invisible to us moderns. In 1912 and…

…the pretending minority was tiny, but they were an interesting group and one that was necessarily invisible to history save when the Church exerted its killing disciplines. In the ‘hidden’…

…such deserved to be remembered. I suspect they were just trying to survive but it is a nice example of ‘fair play’. Is it cobblers though?’ Next is Invisible with…

…30 July 2011: Invisible sends two things in. First for Cryptozoologists and lovers of the strange this very peculiar link to Ningens. As Invisible says, it may be all photoshopped…