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Omg. The poor viking. They thought he died in battle and had him on the funeral pyre. Woke up while it was on fire. Instead of helping him off and praising Odin or whoever, they thought he was a zombie or something, held him down and that was that.

I think this is my favorite section. Historical stories of ways people absolutely should have dies, but somehow they survived.

I haven't thought of the Children's Crusade in at least twenty years and am sad to be reminded of its existence. So I am sharing.

Wonderful way to see if you are innocent or not, they get an iron bar searing hot, and make you carry it on your back for a certain amount of steps. Then bandage your wounds and check back in three days. If they are healing properly, God has declared you innocent. If not, guilty.

Never thought about the damage an arrow would do, especially when talking about in the middle ages.

Dog urine and mouse blood will get rid of your warts lol

Swollen eyes? One treatment in the Dark Ages was to capture a live crab, take out its eyes and press them against the neck.of the ailing person. Don't forget to release the blind crab back into the ocean.

How does the author know Vikings didn't roast marshmallows on their bonfires? Seriously, now I'm thinking of Vikings sitting around a bonfire roasting marshmallows and telling campfire stories.

one of my favorite topics... stories of sinking ships

see how I can link anything to what I like moment lmao fans also call Scott mctominay Braveheart bc he's Scotland nt's hero and he has a prince aura. he was born in Lancaster and could've played for eng nt but he decided to play for 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 bc his parents are scottish

the bit about not doing stuff on a particular moon phase or planet retrograde etc is still valid today for those of us who love astrology actually <3 hehe

i tried a tea i bought that's caramel and sour cream flavored and it was good. not much of a tea fan in general so i often get those with uncommon flavors (i do like english breakfast tho)

like the mention but it's cassandra CLARE not claire 😭 and other authors have written about fae and seelie/unseelie