Posts tagged
‘relics’

Shaking Hands with Dead Kings A man who claimed to have shaken hands with King Henry VIII and King Charles I–in the flesh.

Since today is St. Nicholas’s Day and I do not wish to dwell on his companion, Krampus, let us look ahead to Christmas and some historic cribs of the Infant Jesus.

The Dead Heads of Annecy A ghastly custom in Annecy, France: Cutting off the heads of the dead and displaying them in cases.

Mrs Love’s Appendix: Odd Relics and Mementos The papers of the past were fascinated by “secular relics:” mementos of war, crime, love, and death.