[HN Gopher] A history of amulets in ten objects (2019)
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A history of amulets in ten objects (2019)
Author : benbreen
Score : 42 points
Date : 2021-01-27 02:16 UTC (2 days ago)
(HTM) web link (journal.sciencemuseum.ac.uk)
(TXT) w3m dump (journal.sciencemuseum.ac.uk)
| Vrondi wrote:
| Surprising to see such a thorough article incorrectly spell
| "loadstone" instead of "lodestone". Must be over-enthusiastic
| autocorrect.
| every wrote:
| Perhaps they play NetHack:
| https://nethackwiki.com/wiki/Loadstone
| jinwoo68 wrote:
| https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/loadstone says both
| are correct?
| every wrote:
| 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...
| every wrote:
| Really? https://every.sdf.org/.webshare/hagstone.jpg
| willemlabu wrote:
| TIL: o'clock means "of the clock".
| [deleted]
| cjohnson318 wrote:
| 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.
| trollski wrote:
| do you know if they will update the list this year to include a
| facemask? it gained huge popularity last year.
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