Saturday, February 16, 2019

Another Item Having "Supernatural" Powers...!

Yesterday's post was about a mummified hand, and today we cover the item known as the "Witches Ladder". I had no idea that our ancestors were such a gullible bunch! Here from Listverse is the story about this strange piece of string.

The Witch’s Ladder



Photo credit: England: The Other Witin

In 1911, the widow of a famous anthropologist donated items found in an attic to the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford. The objects included four brooms and a piece of string. The string was around 1.5 meters (5 ft) long, with a loop at one end. Feathers had been poked into the string along its length.

This was the only known example of a genuine witch’s ladder. The ladder was said to have belonged to an old woman, and thus a suspected witch, and was thought to be used for “getting away,” or stealing, the milk from her neighbor’s cows.

Unfortunately, nothing is known about how this worked, and though there is still speculation about the purpose of the ladder, aspiring witches today will probably find a trip to the supermarket a bit easier.

Folks had some strange ideas back then, but I reckon that years from now we will have people saying the same about us.

Coffee out on the patio again today!

6 comments:

JO said...

Such wierd folks back in the days but your right people will think that of us one day.

Glad you patio is nicer than my porch cloudy again today with some sun poking in and out. Tomorrow we drop into the 50's of course they said that about the other day and it was a beautiful day. So I'll have my coffee with you my friend on your patio

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Dizzy-Dick said...

It seems that every generation had their favorite unexplainable things.

HermitJim said...

Hey Jo...
Sooner or later we will all fit into that strange category, I reckon.
Thanks, dear, for dropping by today!


Hey Dizzy...
I think you certainly are right about that!
Thanks for stopping by today!

Mamahen said...

That is very odd.We have sun today, but only about 40° Still to cold for me, but your patio sounds good:))

HermitJim said...

Hey Mamahen...
I know! Crazy weather, isn't it?
Thanks for coming by today!