Beachcombed 95 May 1, 2018
Author: Beach Combing | in : Beachcombed , trackback
Dear Reader, a crappy month with a *serious* wordworm problem in the house and a health disaster in the wider family. As a result the next month might be particularly tricky towards the end. Please be patient if there is interruption in service.
The most popular posts this month were
Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road
Execution by Cannon
Mysterious Sloth Monster
Mussolini’s Secret Weapon
The German Non-Saluter Myth
The most emails came for Assassination by Plane
My personal favourites was perhaps strangely the Victorian fancy dress post. I like the idea….
There follow the most interesting words sent in to StrangeHistory. Thanks to all contributors and linkers… Note that the new email address is drbeachcombing AT gmail DOT com (not yahoo) Enjoy the sun!
A Motor Car A Hundred Years Too Early: Julian Rowlands with pedal power…
ABCs: When and What: Ruth in OK on these strange creatures…
Africa’s First Flier: Jeremy with a witness…
Ancient Britons Kill Roman Elephants: Andy the Mad Monk, an old friend of the book, wonders about mammoths…
Assassination by Plane: Lots of examples from several readers…
Early Modern Swimming: Leif on the bar code…
Fort Sill: Ruth corrects….
Ghost Riot and Fakery, 1897: Harold W on pickpockets and ghosts…
Homer Hasenpflug Dubs and Roman Legionaries in Ancient China: EC sends in an amazing image of a ‘Roman’ statue in China…
Jack the Ripper and the Spiritualists: Chris from Haunted Ohio Books with some other examples…
Monsters with Eyes like Saucers: Several points here…
Seventh Bastard: some more parish records…
Smuggling by Hot Air Balloon, 1838: James with an example from the Franco-Prussian war…
Snail Slime Love Spell: Spell Jenny with another version…
Ulster Mermaid 1814: Southern Man with an update a generation later…
Victorian Fancy Dress: Susan M with a chapter on 19C fancy dress…
Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road: Stephen D. with a beautiful variant from Northern Ireland…
Witch Bottle Spell: Jack Bridge on horse urine…
Witches and Brambles: Jack Bridge adds Samuel Johnson…
York-London Horse Race: Bruce T. on poor comparisons…
