"The Lucky Charms Soldiers Carried Into WWI" Topic
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| Tango01 | 25 Jan 2020 9:28 p.m. PST |
"During (and after) World War I, British folklorist Edward Lovett made a point of collecting examples of lucky charms and amulets that soldiers had carried to war. Some of these—included in a new book about the Imperial War Museum's World War I collections, The First World War Galleries, by Paul Cornish—are below. Lovett was a contemporary folklorist, collecting and analyzing material from his own city of London instead of working with archives or in other countries. Most active during the 1910s and 1920s, Lovett worked at a bank by day, gathering examples of amulets, charms, and talismans in his free time…"
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ZULUPAUL  | 26 Jan 2020 4:00 a.m. PST |
Wow, I thought that it was referring to "Lucky Charms" cereal….need more coffee.
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| JMcCarroll | 26 Jan 2020 6:26 a.m. PST |
Well Paul they are magically delicious ! |
| Tango01 | 26 Jan 2020 3:12 p.m. PST |
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| Timbo W | 27 Jan 2020 5:11 a.m. PST |
Grandpa had a rosary, which was a bit odd for a Chapel man. |
| Tango01 | 27 Jan 2020 11:21 a.m. PST |
Thanks!.
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Armand
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| JD Lee | 01 Feb 2020 7:47 a.m. PST |
Or just say Hail Mary like Robert Redford did! |
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bases up the start of his 1:72 scale WWII Russians.
