The Jersey City Devil
The Jersey City Devil After asking the devil on Halloween to show her the face of her future husband, Miss Hennessey finds herself visited by a diabolically handsome young man with horns and cloven hoofs.
Posts tagged
‘superstition’
Motormen’s Hoodoos
Superstitions held by motormen–street-car drivers–from 1900. Red hair, swerving wagons, hearses, churches, scratched paint–all were either good or bad omens for the 1900 motorman.
White Horses and Itchy Palms: Congressional Superstitions
White Horses and Itchy Palms: Congressional Superstitions Some quirky beliefs of superstitious 19th-century United States Senators: white horses are bad luck; itchy palms mean cash; start nothing on a Friday, watch out for the moon over your left shoulder.
Friday the 13th Celebrations with the Thirteen Club
Friday the 13th Celebrations with the Thirteen Club Mrs Daffodil explains about celebrating Friday the 13th with The Thirteen Club.
Down with Christmas Ghosts; Up with Christmas Fairies!
Down with Christmas Ghosts; Up with Christmas Fairies! An 1880s rant against unwholesome Christmas ghost story horrors with a surprising suggestion for a supernatural substitute.
Happy Friday the 13th!
Happy Friday the 13th! A vintage image of a “Jinx” for Friday the 13th and a link to a post on The Thirteen Club. Did you know that Friday was “Hangman’s Day?”
The Fortean White House, Part 1
While this post is not Dan Brown’s The Lost Symbol, there is a modest collection of Fortean oddities in and around the White House that goes well beyond the Kennedy/Lincoln coincidences, the zero-year curse and the ghost in the Lincoln Bedroom. Part 1 on The Fortean White House.