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The withche’s frolic.

George Cruikshank, from The Ingoldsby legends, by Thomas Ingoldsby (Richard H. Barham), New York, 1848.

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The withche’s frolic.

George Cruikshank, from The Ingoldsby legends, by Thomas Ingoldsby (Richard H. Barham), New York, 1848.

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Sunday, October 23, 2011
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Cursing.

Louis Rhead, from The life and death of Mr. Badman, by John Bunyan, London, 1900. 

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Cursing.

Louis Rhead, from The life and death of Mr. Badman, by John Bunyan, London, 1900.

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Wednesday, August 31, 2011
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Hey! Up the chimney, lass! Hey after you!

Arthur Rackham, frontispiece from The Ingoldsby legends, by Thomas  Ingoldsby (Richard H. Barham), London, New York, 1907.
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Hey! Up the chimney, lass! Hey after you!

Arthur Rackham, frontispiece from The Ingoldsby legends, by Thomas Ingoldsby (Richard H. Barham), London, New York, 1907.
(Source: archive.org.)

Friday, August 19, 2011
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Witches and warlocks, ghosts, goblins and ghouls.

Arthur Rackham, from The Ingoldsby legends, by Thomas  Ingoldsby (Richard H. Barham), London, New York, 1907.
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Witches and warlocks, ghosts, goblins and ghouls.

Arthur Rackham, from The Ingoldsby legends, by Thomas Ingoldsby (Richard H. Barham), London, New York, 1907.
(Source: archive.org.)

Friday, August 19, 2011
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The ghost of the Cape was discovered sitting squat in an excavation formed for him in the center of the mountain. 

William Strang, from The surprising adventures of Baron Munchausen, by Rudolf Erich Raspe, London, 1895.

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The ghost of the Cape was discovered sitting squat in an excavation formed for him in the center of the mountain.

William Strang, from The surprising adventures of Baron Munchausen, by Rudolf Erich Raspe, London, 1895.

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Sunday, August 14, 2011
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A dream.

W. H. Armstead, from English sacred poetry of the sixteenth, seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, by Robert Eldridge Aris Willmott, London, 1863.

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A dream.

W. H. Armstead, from English sacred poetry of the sixteenth, seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, by Robert Eldridge Aris Willmott, London, 1863.

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Saturday, August 6, 2011
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Filled with the cool, inspiring smell,
The Enchantress now begins her spell,
Thus singing as she winds and weaves
In mystic forms the glittering leaves…

John Tenniel, from Lalla Rookh : an Oriental romance, by thomas Moore, London, 1861.

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Filled with the cool, inspiring smell,
The Enchantress now begins her spell,
Thus singing as she winds and weaves
In mystic forms the glittering leaves…

John Tenniel, from Lalla Rookh : an Oriental romance, by thomas Moore, London, 1861.

(Source: archive.org)

Saturday, June 25, 2011
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Bloom-of-youth and the witch of the elders.

Dugald Stewart Walker, from The boy who knew what the birds said, by  Padraic Colum, New York, 1920.

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Bloom-of-youth and the witch of the elders.

Dugald Stewart Walker, from The boy who knew what the birds said, by Padraic Colum, New York, 1920.

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Wednesday, June 15, 2011