Nine Historical Mysteries June 6, 2013
Author: Beach Combing | in : Ancient, Contemporary, Medieval, Modern
***Dedicated to Moonman*** Thanks to an email from an old friend of StrangeHistory Beach found himself wondering about moments from history that are mysterious, and where this blogger would chop off his own digits to get at the truth. In what follows, he has avoided the classics because, to be frank, he just doesn’t care […]
Fairy Death in Ilkley January 2, 2011
Author: Beach Combing | in : Modern
There is a melancholy time in rural communities when belief in fairies dies – a moment in a village life comparable to the moment in a child’s life when he sees his grandfather’s face behind the Santa beard. Wentz examined this fairy death in Ireland and Scotland and Wales in The Fairy Faith in Celtic […]
