Victorian Tomb Stone Inscriptions and Epitaphs
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Brief Extracts from the Best Poems, suitable to accompany Tomb-Stone Inscriptions
Adapted from Hill’s Manual, 1873
Every inscription on tomb-stones may appropriately be accompanied by an epitaph, which should be expressive yet very brief. Formerly it was customary oftentimes to inscribe several stanzas of poetry upon the headstone. With the improved taste of later years, however, […]
Lycanthropy, Being the Transmutation of Man into Wolf!
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From “The Leisure Hour,” Republished in Littell’s Living Age, 1889
By lycanthropy, strictly so called, […]
Halloween Trivia
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The Hallowe’en Candles
The chief god of the Druids of ancient Britain was Baal, who made himself manifest to them as the sun. The Druids built fires at the various celebrations held in honor of Baal and kept these fires brightly burning. For years after the ceremonies of the Druids had become but a memory, […]
Hallowe’en Quotations from The Early 20th Century
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“The candles are lighted,
The hearthstones are swept,
The crackling fires burn red;
When midnight is striking,
With prayers for good luck,
Our mystic charms shall be said.”
“No time is this for tear or sob,
Or other woes our joys to rob;
But time for Pippin and for Bob,
And Jack-o’-Lanterns gay.”
The History of Halloween
Posted on July 7, 2007 - Filed Under Articles
Many of the customs of Hallowe’en have come down to us from the early ages, and the present Hallowe’en is a combination of various ceremonial days of long ago. The early Romans held a yearly feast in honor of Pomona, the goddess of fruits, and from this festival at the close of harvest, when nuts […]
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