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The Stone Eater and other Curious Cases

January 23, 2023 boneandsickle books, celestial phenomena, curiosities, EPISODE, folklore, giants, Victorian

Enjoy with us a collection of short curious tales culled from a favorite Victorian volume — the Stone Eater of[…]

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P.T. Barnum’s Magnificent Museum Fire

January 10, 2023 boneandsickle America, Bone and Sickle, curiosities, disasters, EPISODE, Fires, folklore, museums, New York City, P.T. Barnum, podcast, Victorian

The fire that destroyed P.T. Barnum’s American Museum on July 13, 1865 was a luxuriantly surreal and tragic event, one[…]

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Christmas Devils and the Feast of Fools

December 12, 2022 boneandsickle Boy bishop, Catholicism, Christmas, Devil, EPISODE, Feast of Fools, folk theater, folklore, history, holidays, manuscripts, New Year, Nicholas Plays, Satan, St. Nicholas, Twelve Days of Christmas

From St. Nicholas Day through Christmas, the Devil figured prominently in medieval plays, embodying a subversive seasonal element also celebrated[…]

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