Damned Desks Damned desks, in the Fortean sense, that are haunted or hoodooed.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
October 9, 2018
in Death , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , News , Poltergeists , Strange Deaths , Victorian
and tagged Coe I. Crawford , cursed furniture , Damned Desks , Elmer Burkett , haunted desk , haunted furniture , hoodoo desk , hoodoos , Karoshi , Objects of the Damned , United States Senate , unlucky 23 , Washington DC
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.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
August 11, 2015
in Ephemera , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , News , Social History , Victorian
and tagged folklore , Friday superstitions , full moon , horse superstitions , Senator John J. Ingalls , superstition , superstitions , United States Senate , United States Senators , white horse , White Horses and Itchy Palms: Congressional Superstitions