Most years we try to make our annual pilgrimage to Cumberland County, Illinois during fair week. Here are some photos from this year’s trip.
I am so excited to tell people about this book. It’s witty and campy at the same time. It belongs firmly in the “B” or pulp category — but deliciously so. Reminiscent of the smart, slapstick movie Clue, it is just plain fun. Older (but not elderly) Miss Cornelia is of New York blue-blood stock. She…
This is the third of the photos I found at Graveface Curiosities #2 on their opening night. I am guessing that this one is form the late 1930s, based on the car and his ill-fitting suit.
Happy Halloween! Sending you creepy, joyful Halloween Greetings!
In 1919 Ruth Edna Kelley published The Book of Halloween. Here she describes a game of “snap-apple”: A variation of the Irish snap-apple is a hoop hung by strings from the ceiling, round which at intervals are placed bread, apples, cakes, peppers, candies, and candles. The strings are twisted, then let go, and as the…