January 17, 2012
Frenchtwist has discovered a most intriguing and macabre story——              From the page:-“One of its greatest enigmas was a strange cult, composed almost exclusively of elderly women who communed with the dead, lavishing their attention on, and even making offerings to, human skulls.” Further down her page is a picture of little Silviana who’s Granny is one of “The Sisterhood of the Skulls” Silviana stays with Granny Sophia when Mummy is at work “What did you do at Nana Sophia’s today darling” “I helped her polish the skulls and say prayers for the souls of the dead” “That’s nice dear” “Nana gave me a skull of my very own” “Lovely” “It belonged to Bepe who died of the Black Death” “Well wash your hands after you’ve played with it dear” “Bepe is my new best friend, I shall sleep with him under my pillow” “That’ll be nice for you dear” “Can I have your skull when you die, Mummy?” “We’ll see dear, now eat your spaghetti Click HERE for more

Frenchtwist has discovered a most intriguing and macabre story——             
From the page:-“One of its greatest enigmas was a strange cult, composed almost exclusively of elderly women who communed with the dead, lavishing their attention on, and even making offerings to, human skulls.”
Further down her page is a picture of little Silviana who’s Granny is one of “The Sisterhood of the Skulls”
Silviana stays with Granny Sophia when Mummy is at work

“What did you do at Nana Sophia’s today darling”
“I helped her polish the skulls and say prayers for the souls of the dead”
“That’s nice dear”
“Nana gave me a skull of my very own”
“Lovely”
“It belonged to Bepe who died of the Black Death”
“Well wash your hands after you’ve played with it dear”
“Bepe is my new best friend, I shall sleep with him under my pillow”
“That’ll be nice for you dear”
“Can I have your skull when you die, Mummy?”
“We’ll see dear, now eat your spaghetti
Click HERE for more

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(Notes: 11)
  
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September 1, 2010
renamok: Pulcherimma Mortua by arvalis Cloggo:—- Why does arvalis’s vision of Death make me think of Blackpool ‘Balloons’ and PCC cars, and don’t you just love that little hat perched on that tumultuous hair. She, ( I’m sure Germain Greer is convinced that Death is a she) has displaced as my favourite Death Terry Pratchet’s, with his horse Binky, only Pratchet could come up with Binky for Deaths Horse. Death and Binky by Désirée Draisbach

renamok:

Pulcherimma Mortua by arvalis

Cloggo:—-

Why does arvalis’s vision of Death make me think of Blackpool ‘Balloons’ and PCC cars, and don’t you just love that little hat perched on that tumultuous hair. She, ( I’m sure Germain Greer is convinced that Death is a she) has displaced as my favourite Death Terry Pratchet’s, with his horse Binky, only Pratchet could come up with Binky for Deaths Horse.

Death and Binky by Désirée Draisbach

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(Notes: 37)
  
Filed under: Death 
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