A Bit of the Old Ultra Violet Violet and purple ghosts, spook lights, and visions.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
October 28, 2017
in Death , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , Ghosts , medical oddities , News , Occultism/Magic , Strange Deaths , Victorian
and tagged A Bit of the Old Ultra Violet , Carl Carmer , color therapy , half mourning , heliotrope , King Edward VII , lavender , mauveine , mourning , purple ghosts , purple spook light , Spontaneous Human Combustion , spook lights , The Lavender Evening Dress , violet , violet ghosts , violet visions
Christmas in the Graveyard A British journalist describes Christmas rituals in a Russian graveyard
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
December 13, 2014
in Christmas , Death , Folklore , Mourning Customs and History , News , religion , Social History
and tagged Christmas , Christmas in Russia , Christmas in the graveyard , Christmas tree on grave , graveyard Christmas , mourning , Russia , Russian graveyard , Russian mourning rituals
A small section of my new book, The Victorian Book of the Dead discusses the various names and euphemisms for death, dying, and the afterlife. I invite you to contribute your favorite expressions. Or to perform the Dead Parrot Sketch.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
June 21, 2014
in Death , Ephemera , Grim and Grewsome , Mourning Customs and History , News , Social History , Victorian
and tagged death euphemisms , death metaphors , death vocabulary , funeral euphemisms , mourning , personification of Death , Victorian death , words for death
The Sitting Dead – Bizarre Burials and Curious Coffins A cavalcade of curious coffins and bizarre burials: standing, sitting, on horseback, in a whiskey barrel, or a brick…
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
February 4, 2014
in Folklore , Ghosts , Grim and Grewsome , medical oddities , Mourning Customs and History , News , Social History , Strange Bodies , Strange Deaths , Victorian , Wonders and Curiosities
and tagged burial instructions , coffins , eccentrics , funerals , mourning , strange burials , strange coffins , The Sitting Dead - Bizarre Burials and Curious Coffins
The proper footwear is essential on the road to dusty death. Many cultures have a tradition of proper footwear for corpses. Why do the dead need shoes?
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
November 23, 2013
in Costume History , Folklore , Grim and Grewsome , Mourning Customs and History , News , Social History , Victorian , Wonders and Curiosities
and tagged dead men's shoes , Death , ghosts , grave goods , mourning , shoes
