Vices and Volumes | Navigate Irish and British History's Absurdities from 1800s Books

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Victorians had opinions about EVERYTHING. Jaw shapes. Correct use of coil horns. Servant's gloves. All treated with the kind of earnest detail usually reserved ...

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Author Richard Maher brings us Sir Charles Wogen, Kildare's Jacobite Spy & the Princess Rescue 1719 contributed by Lukas · Jun 9
Mayo & Galway 1852 | Lord Lucan's Evictions, Bare Feet & a Very Tinder Horse contributed by Lukas · May 26
The Irishman's Harvest | Famine Ireland Through an Englishman's Notebook 1851 contributed by Lukas · May 12
Atlantic Cable 1857 | Valentia Kerry & the Mechanic of Insufficient Intelligence contributed by Lukas · Apr 28
Georgian Women Told to Hide Their Minds | Conduct Books 1761 contributed by Lukas · Apr 14
Inside Castletown House | Lady Louisa Conolly's Georgian Letters contributed by Lukas · Mar 31
Maynooth 1845 | When a Protestant Queen Blushed for Ireland, Co. Kildare contributed by Lukas · Mar 17
Victorian Men Who Wouldn't Stop Talking | Egotists & Bores, 1878 contributed by Lukas · Mar 3
County Tyrone Matchmaker 1845 | Mary Murray's Marriage Schemes contributed by Lukas · Feb 17
Victorian Love Letters End with Business Cards | London & Yorkshire 1810 contributed by Lukas · Feb 3
Victorian Perfection Standards | Lady Colin Campbell's Scandal & Etiquette (1884) contributed by Lukas · Jan 20
A Dublin Cabman's Tour | Irish Hospitality and Creative Storytelling in 1852 contributed by Lukas · Jan 6
Survival Guide to Winter in 1823 | How Victorian Beds Could Kill You! contributed by Lukas · Dec 16, 2025
Victorian Ladies Forbidden to Speak | Tongue Control & The Slang Crisis of 1888 contributed by Lukas · Dec 2, 2025
Georgian Dog Care & Mercury Poisoning | Peter Beckford's Compassion & Contradiction (1787) contributed by Lukas · Nov 18, 2025
Georgian Hunting Literature 1781 | Westport Bookshop Discovery | Vices and Volumes contributed by Lukas · Nov 11, 2025
The Mutton Chop Test: Choosing a Wife in 1829 William Cobbett's Advice to Young Men How to Judge a Wife by Her Jaws, Footsteps, and Needle Ownership contributed by Lukas · Nov 4, 2025
Familiar Spirits & Witch-Hunting Science | Matthew Hopkins' Reign of Terror (1645) contributed by Lukas · Oct 27, 2025
Salem's Spectral Evidence | How Witch Trials Corrupted Legal Systems (1692-1847) contributed by Lukas · Oct 21, 2025
Bare Recital | Legends of the Bashee contributed by Lukas · Oct 14, 2025
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Victorians had opinions about EVERYTHING. Jaw shapes. Correct use of coil horns. Servant's gloves. All treated with the kind of earnest detail usually reserved for matters of real importance. Avril Clinton-Forde selects the delightfully absurd from her collection of Irish and British 1800s books—where privileged people wrote volumes about life's minutiae. Social catastrophes, Irish banshee etiq...

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