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Category: superstition

Born with a Veil

August 15, 2026 boneandsickle anomalies, Benandanti, birthing, cauls, curiosities, EPISODE, folk customs, folk magic, folklore, Friuli, history, legends, medicine, superstition, witch trials, witchcraft, witches

To be “born with a veil” (or caul) was once regarded as far more than an unusual circumstance of birth.[…]

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Pumpkins, Turnips, and Spooklights

September 30, 2025 boneandsickle America, American lore, anomalies, apparitions, celebrations, England, EPISODE, fairies, folk celebrations, folklore, Halloween, history, holidays, Jack-o'-lanterns, superstition, swamp gas, Will-o'-the-wisp

The Halloween Jack-o’-lantern, made from pumpkins in the US and originally turnips in the UK, began its existence as a[…]

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The Fates

July 9, 2025 boneandsickle Ancient Rome, Anglo-Saxons, Charles Perrault, EPISODE, fairies, fairy tales, Fates, folk tales, folklore, Germanic, Greece, Greek gods, Greek myth, history, legends, Macbeth, Middle Ages, modern folklore, Moirai, Norns, Norse religion, pagan, paganism, Parcae, Russia, Russian, Shakespeare, Sleeping Beauty, superstition

The Fates of Classical Antiquity not only survived in the form of related fairy-tale figures but also as the object of[…]

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