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A history of amulets in ten objects (2019) (sciencemuseum.ac.uk)
47 points by benbreen on Jan 29, 2021 | hide | past | favorite | 7 comments


TIL: o'clock means "of the clock".


After reading this I went out and searched amongst the "river rocks" used for landscaping and drainage around our apartments. After a few minutes I discover a small piece of eroded limestone (6cm x 4cm x 2cm) with an almost circular 5mm hole straight through the middle. So now I have my own "hag stone" and can sleep peacefully...



There's a Greyhound station in Mississippi or Alabama or someplace with a mural in the terminal with a macabre limerick about the hare's foot not being lucky for the bunny. I saw it 15 years ago, no doubt it's gone by now.


Surprising to see such a thorough article incorrectly spell "loadstone" instead of "lodestone". Must be over-enthusiastic autocorrect.



Perhaps they play NetHack: https://nethackwiki.com/wiki/Loadstone




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