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After succumbing to a fever of some sort in 1705, Irish woman Margorie McCall was hastily buried to prevent the spread of whatever had done her in. Margorie was buried with a valuable ring, which her husband had been unable to remove due to swelling. This made her an even better target for body snatchers, who could cash in on both the corpse and the ring.
The evening after Margorie was buried, before the soil had even settled, the grave-robbers showed up and started digging. Unable to pry the ring off the finger, they decided to cut the finger off. As soon as blood was drawn, Margorie awoke from her coma, sat straight up and screamed.
The fate of the grave-robbers remains unknown. One story says the men dropped dead on the spot, while another claims they fled and never returned to their chosen profession.
Margorie climbed out of the hole and made her way back to her home.
Her husband John, a doctor, was at home with the children when he heard a knock at the door. He told the children, “If your mother were still alive, I’d swear that was her knock.”
When he opened the door to find his wife standing there, dressed in her burial clothes, blood dripping from her finger but very much alive, he dropped dead to the floor. He was buried in the plot Margorie had vacated.
Margorie went on to re-marry and have several children. When she did finally die, she was returned to Shankill Cemetery in Lurgan, Ireland, where her gravestone still stands. It bears the inscription “Lived Once, Buried Twice.”
If that’s true, that’s fucking awesome.
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YES, I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE. SNAPPER LOVERS UNITE!
Sri Lankan green pit viper, the only front-fanged venomous snake in Sri Lanka. There aren’t any pictures of them on here so I thought I’d add a few since they’re so beautiful.
None of them are mine, they are from google. They are all watermarked though so hurray!!
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I noticed that, lmao. Just like Wajas.. GEN 1 SUPERIOR GEN BETTER THAN EVERYONE ELSE GEN.
I decided to hatch it, and it turned out pretty okay. uvvu Lil Guardian in storybook dragon colors. It was not purple, all is well!
I have scavenged my first egg
a fire egg
but now the question is
do I hatch the egg
or do I sell the egg and attempt to save for a snapper changy thinger ma jiggy
this is a truly dire situation yes
I slept maybe 4 hours and now I want to doodle all the things.
Have some cuties to start the day off with. uvu~
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Photo set from my last embroidery piece, I wanted to do something special with my denim vest so I made this super cat called Juliano from the vintage anime Kiss me Licia (Ai Shite Knight).
beautiful work! :D
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