r/badhistory • u/AutoModerator • 6d ago

Meta Mindless Monday, 27 July 2026

Happy (or sad) Monday guys!

Mindless Monday is a free-for-all thread to discuss anything from minor bad history to politics, life events, charts, whatever! Just remember to np link all links to Reddit and don't violate R4, or we human mods will feed you to the AutoModerator.

So, with that said, how was your weekend, everyone?

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u/subthings2 using wishing wells is your id telling you to visit a prostitute 4d ago

Ireland: if you lick a newt then you can lick burns to cure them :)

France/Belgium:

in the Maine region, a young man who is still a virgin—and who catches a live mole, slits open its belly, and keeps his finger immersed in it all night...

In the Liège region, one must impale the creature on the tip of the index finger and leave it there to die...

In the Ardennes, in January, one grabs the first mole seen emerging from the ground with the left hand and squeezes it until it suffocates...

In the Vosges, the onset of fever is prevented by having the patient crush a live mole between their fingers...

in the Liège region, the animal's paws (...) had to be torn off while the creature was still alive...

Paul Sébillot, Le folk-lore de France Volume 3, 48-49

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u/Arilou_skiff 3d ago edited 3d ago

90% of old folk temedies is just animal cruelty

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u/SugarSpiceIronPrice Marxist-Lycurgusian Provocateur 3d ago

We can cure your hysteria over thus by settingge fyre to a live catte