Myths and Fairytales
Punch and Judy: The Opera
The Wikipedia page for the opera.The work caused great controversy with members of the audience, because of the violence of the plot and the nature of the music. Benjamin Britten was reported to have left the premiere at the interval.[3]
The composer's Wikipedia page.
Birtwistle's music is complex, written in a modernistic manner with a clear, distinctive voice, with sounds described as of "sonic brashness".[10]
Your reactions solicited.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jul 31, 2023 -
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Category: Music, Avant Garde, Myths and Fairytales, 1960s
Vasilisa & The Hungry Doll
Posted By: Paul - Fri Mar 18, 2022 -
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Category: Family, Hobbies and DIY, Movies, Rituals and Superstitions, Supernatural, Occult, Paranormal, Myths and Fairytales, Dolls and Stuffed Animals
King Croesus
Their Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Feb 19, 2022 -
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Category: Music, Myths and Fairytales, Psychedelic, 1960s, United Kingdom
UK Shopping: 1949
Halfway to Christmas!
Source: Wilkes-Barre Times Leader (Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania) 29 Jun 1949, Wed Page 3
Uncle Holly apparently dates to 1950:
Source.
Info on Ginger Nutt here.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jun 02, 2021 -
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Category: Holidays, Advertising, Retailing, Myths and Fairytales, Cartoons, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, United Kingdom
The Revlon Fingernail Rumor
For decades, beginning around World War II and persisting until at least the 1980s, a rumor circulated alleging that Revlon was willing to buy people's fingernails "for experimental cosmetic purposes" as long as they were over an inch long. The going price was said to be around $10 per nail.Revlon repeatedly denied the rumor. Nevertheless, it continued to circulate.
I wasn't able to find any references to the rumor online. So it must have finally faded away.
The Miami Herald - Jan 18, 1969
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The Indianapolis News - June 18, 1979
Posted By: Alex - Tue Jan 19, 2021 -
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Category: Body, Hoaxes and Imposters and Imitators, Myths and Fairytales
Dog chews ‘How to train your dog’
While browsing old newspapers, I've come across multiple reports of a book titled How to Train Your Dog being returned to libraries, chewed.These reports span thirty years, and specify different locations where this happened, but the stories are otherwise identical. So I figure that the chewed dog training book must be an urban legend of libraries.
Wausau Daily Herald - Feb 14, 1940
Indianapolis Star - May 24, 1951
Chattanooga Daily Times - Apr 25, 1955
Chambersburg Public Opinion - Mar 13, 1969
Posted By: Alex - Tue Dec 01, 2020 -
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Category: Books, Libraries, Myths and Fairytales, Dogs
Happy Thanksgiving 2020!
Posted By: Paul - Thu Nov 26, 2020 -
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Category: Food, History, Holidays, Myths and Fairytales
Abandoned Shoe House, Isle of Wight
Posted By: Paul - Mon Oct 12, 2020 -
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Category: Regionalism, Myths and Fairytales, United Kingdom, Ruins and Other Abandoned or Shuttered Structures
Birth of the Pearl
Posted By: Paul - Sat Sep 19, 2020 -
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Category: Movies, Sexuality, Myths and Fairytales, 1900s, Women
Mary Had a Little Man
The first song's unexceptional, but second one scores high on the Weird Meter.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Mar 20, 2020 -
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Category: Music, Myths and Fairytales, 1960s, Men, Women
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