@red-wolf.bsky.socialGeometric Pattern: Canterbury: Autumn / #RedWolf redwolfoz.redbubble.com/works/182807... via @redbubble www.spoonflower.com/designs/2245... via @spoonflower #art #geometricpattern #retro #victorian #square #triangle #diamond #season
@emory-f8.bsky.socialThe original Witches' Ladder survives today in the Pitt Rivers Museum at the University of Oxford.
Although its true purpose remains unknown, the object provides an example of the persistence of witchcraft beliefs.
@emory-f8.bsky.socialNot every reported use of a Witches' Ladder involved malicious magic.
One tradition involving a small ladder decorated with feathers suggested a person could swing the ladder while muttering a request to correct an undesirable situation.
@emory-f8.bsky.socialBy manipulating the knots while reciting incantations, a witch was supposedly able to draw milk away from another farmer's livestock and transfer it to her own household.
Other traditions associated feathered cords with spells intended to cause illness or death.
@emory-f8.bsky.socialThe workmen immediately associated the discovery with witchcraft.
They believed the feathered rope served as a magical ladder that allowed witches to cross the roof.
Several explanations emerged concerning the ladder's supposed powers.
@emory-f8.bsky.socialDid you know?
In the Victorian era, an object known as a Witches' Ladder was discovered in an English farmhouse.
Workmen demolishing an old farmhouse in Wellington, discovered an unusual object concealed in a space between an upper room and the roof.
@aussiemin.bsky.socialLatest purchase for our Welsh hillside cottage #greenman #furniture #solidwood #darkwood #victorian #antiques
@breakinglight.bsky.socialMarcus Fleet struggles with the advanced technology in Mr. Clifford's office.
With Dave Brown as Fleet in part IX: BLOOD AND WATER. Photo by @kadauber .
@emory-f8.bsky.socialMy favorite horror novels have always been Victorian.
Honestly, I consider Frankenstein way creepier than Dracula.
#Victorian #history #literature #books #Frankenstein #Dracula #vampires #monsters #horror #scary
@acidshadow.bsky.socialInktober 2026 - Day 14 - Lady
There has been a lot of Victorian crows/ravens/corvidae adjacent about the last few Halloweens. I even folded and got me have one of my own!
#inktober
#inktober2026
#lady
#crow
#raven
#halloween
#victorian
#gothic
#skull
#bird
#corvid
@bookfindergeneral.bsky.socialVisit to Iceland & the Scandinavian North, Pfeiffer, 1852, 1st ed. Illustrated
@atlasboscrispa.bsky.socialJohn Hill House (b.~1860's)
Milford Township, Oakland County Michigan.
📸 Minolta Maxxum 7000i
🎞️ Harman Red
#photography #film #filmphotography #believeinfilm #minolta #35mm #lomo #harman #architecture #victorian #oldbuildings #houses #windows #trees #milford #oakland #michigan
@global-news-2024.bsky.social📰 Senior Victorian public servants hid loss of up to $285m from Covid grants given to ineligible businesses
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💬 How do you see this shaping regional diplomacy?
@red-wolf.bsky.socialGeometric Pattern: Canterbury: Spring / #RedWolf redwolfoz.redbubble.com/works/182807... via @redbubble www.spoonflower.com/designs/2245... via @spoonflower #art #geometricpattern #retro #victorian #square #triangle #diamond #season
@emory-f8.bsky.socialHis investigation suggested that the material could indeed have been blood, but it offered no explanation for how it had appeared on the ground and surrounding trees.
@emory-f8.bsky.socialSamples of the mysterious substance were collected and sent to Francis Preston Venable, a professor of chemistry at the University of North Carolina, who agreed to examine the material.
@emory-f8.bsky.socialThose familiar with Mrs. Lasater described her as a truthful and trustworthy woman, making her account particularly difficult for the community to dismiss.
News of the incident spread, attracting the attention of newspapers and eventually scientists.
@emory-f8.bsky.socialLooking around, she discovered that the ground, trees, and surrounding vegetation had been splattered with a mysterious red substance that closely resembled fresh blood.
The mysterious material reportedly covered a relatively small area of about 60 feet.
@emory-f8.bsky.socialDid you know?
In the Victorian era, a woman in North Carolina reported witnessing what appeared to be blood falling from a perfectly clear sky?
Kit Lasater was walking near her home in Chatham County, when she suddenly heard a sound resembling a heavy downpour of rain.
@farenellphoto.bsky.socialBaby Amanda in a swanky period costume from our college’s extensive costume collection, shot by a Baby Farenell
#portrait #headshot #blonde #smile #beauty #voicecoach #photography #photosky #artmodel #operasinger #candid #headshot #fineartmodel #glamour #casual #costume #victorian #jewelry #dressup
