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November 27, 2017
Thanksgiving, 1833
Snippets 140. I am not particularly qualified to write about Thanksgiving, as it is really not a thing in Britain at all, but I did find the following quote in The Western Monthly Magazine, 1833, written by a Mrs Hentz. She was traveling around the time of Thanksgiving when she had an accident with her sleigh, and was welcomed into the community for the big day:
I was travelling merrily along, in a snug, green sleigh, wrapped in buffalo skins, rejoicing in the prospect...
Two murders in a Derbyshire village 1815 and 1819
The first murder took place about a couple of miles from the murderer’s home of Litton, a pretty village in the middle of the Peak district, a mere stone’s throw from the beautiful Chatsworth House. The murderer, one Anthony Lingard was one of the several children born to Anthony Lingard senior and his wife Elizabeth.
Anthony Lingard, the younger, reputed to be aged 21 but who was in fact 25, was charged with the murder, by strangulation, of one Hannah Oliver, a widow age...
Freemason: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
On the 27th January 1756, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the son of Leopold and Maria Mozart from Bavaria, was born in Saltzburg, Austria. On the 28th January, the young Mozart was baptised with the names; Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart at St.Rupert’s Cathedral. Mozart came from a musical heritage, for his father Leopold was a composer and violinist, serving as an assistant concert master in the Salzburg court.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozar...
Roman Britain: Burgh Castle
Burgh Castle Ruins
Situated out beyond the marshes, amongst the golden countryside, fields of ripening corn, shaded by the ruins, of the Roman Fort. Still it sits their, elegant as ever, after centuries of decay and destruction.
For as long as the Roman Empire, ruled this land of ours. Burgh Castle, towered as an impregnable fort, which formed part of the Saxon Shore System, stretching from North Norfolk along the coast to Suffolk – Essex – Sussex and round to Ha...
Tricks in Google Photos for your Images for Wallpaper
Ever since Google has updated its Google Photos a few months back, it has been posing serious challenge to the best stock photo sites. With the option of free cloud storage to your images for wallpaper, and integration with other social media apps, Google Photos is now packing some serious stuff. But there are some tricks which most users do not always explore. So if you want to get the most out of your photography, then follow on.
Here are some hidden features in Google Phot...
November 23, 2017
Jane Austen
England recently released a new ten-pound note, featuring beloved author Jane Austen. She will become the second woman only to the Queen to grace the front of an English bank note, which is clear evidence in her continuing fandom and the enduring interest in her work.
The author of the classics Sense and Sensibility, Persuasion, Pride and Prejudice, Emma, and Northanger Abbey published her work anonymously and did not claim notoriety until her siblings took it upon themselves to publish two...
Ghosts: Five Most Haunted Houses in Indiana!
Readers, here are some very haunted houses – for those who want Even More! Enjoy this repost from hauntedia.com
via Five Most Haunted Houses in Indiana to get spooked
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November 21, 2017
Medieval Marginalia: Why Are There So Many Snails In Medieval Manuscripts?
If you’ve ever flicked through an illustrated medieval manuscript, or seen pictures of some marginalia on the internet, chances are you’ve seen pictures of snails. Sometimes the snails are fighting each other, sometimes they are fighting knights, sometimes things are riding the snails, but in one form or another, snails keep cropping up in these manuscripts. So, were the writers and illustrators of these manuscripts huge lovers of the snail, frustrated gardeners, or did th...
The Rumour-monger
Snippets 139. In 1854 the American Rev. George Foxcroft Haskins went on a tour of Europe and one of the highlights of his trip was an extended stay in Rome. Although he had a wonderful time there, he was disappointed to discover tour guides spreading rumours about the Pope and the Vatican. The following quote is taken from Travels in England, France, Italy and Ireland, published in 1856.
There is a class of men in Italy called Cicerones. Their office is to accompany...
