Thanksgiving Archives - Bone and Sickle

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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An After-Dinner Reading: Decadent Dining in the Satyricon

November 23, 2022 boneandsickle EPISODE, history, holidays, literature, Rome, Satyricon

This short off-format episode is intended as a sort of fireside reading to be enjoyed by our overfull American listeners as[…]

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