The Groaning Thanksgiving Board. There is much to groan about in this collection of toxic Thanksgiving foodstuffs.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
November 20, 2018
in Animal Tales , Death , Ephemera , Grim and Grewsome , medical oddities , News , Social History , Strange Deaths , Victorian
and tagged poisoned cranberries , poisoned gravy , poisoned holiday foods , poisoned potatoes , poisoned pumpkin pie , poisoned turkey , Thanksgiving , Thanksgiving poisonings , The Groaning Thanksgiving Board
The Gobblers’ll Git You, If You Don’t Watch Out! Ghostly gobblers who tap at your windows and gobble in the garret…
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
November 21, 2017
in 18th century , Animal Tales , Cryptozoology , Death , Ephemera , Fairies and Elemental Spirits , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , Ghosts , News , Poltergeists , Victorian
and tagged Epworth Rectory , fairy turkey , ghostly gobblers , ghostly turkeys , headless turkey ghost , king of the fairies , poltergieists , Thanksgiving , The Gobblers'll Git You If You Don't Watch Out! , turkey as messenger of death , turkey as omen of death , turkey ghost , white turkey
Four Thanksgiving Geese A woman’s prophetic dream of four Thanksgiving geese
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
November 23, 2016
in Ephemera , Fortean Mysteries , News , Prophecies , Psychic Research , Victorian
and tagged American Society for Psychical Research , dreams , Four Thanksgiving Geese , geese , goose breastbone , James H. Hyslop , preminatory dreams , premonitions , prophecy , prophetic dreams , prophetic geese , Thanksgiving
Tales of Terrible Turkeys: A Thanksgiving Post Tales of terrible and vindictive turkeys. Long before the invention of the deep-fat turkey fryer so loathed by the underwriting community, dangerous turkeys were in the news.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
November 26, 2013
in Animal Tales , Grim and Grewsome , News , Social History , Strange Deaths , Victorian
and tagged aggressive turkeys , killer turkeys , poisoned turkey , poultry history , Tales of Terrible Turkeys: A Thanksgiving Post , Thanksgiving , turkey attacks , turkeys
