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Terrifying turnips

15 January 2022 by Chelsea Nichols

A terrifying example of a traditional Irish jack-o’-lantern carved from a turnip around 1850

Categories: Curiosities, Museums, Unsettling Things • Tags: carving, creepy, face, folklore, halloween, vegetable

Witch cakes and UTIs

3 January 2022 by Chelsea Nichols

What is the magical connection between Witch Cakes and urinary tract infections?

Categories: Curiosities • Tags: folklore, magic, pitt rivers, witch

Illustration of Baba Yaga, by Ivan Bilibin. Russuan fairytales.

GUEST POST: Claire Atwater on The Bone Mother illustrations

3 January 2012 by Chelsea Nichols

Categories: history • Tags: art, fairy tale, folklore, guest post, history, illustration, images, trees

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