People like to think Victorian ladies were all about modesty and abstinence. I disagree. They knew how to work a corset. Bustles? Those are obviously a cheap trick to make people stare at their asses. Don’t even get me started on the scandalous ankle flashes…
Victorian women also sent beautiful, witchy Halloween cards to each other. These cards often featured short verses that described all manner of bewitchments, many relating to love divination:
When Black cats prowl,
and pumpkins gleam,
May luck be yours on Hallowe’en.
May the spell of the Hallowe’en Witches
Bring you Good Luck, And Also Riches
If in the mirror your lover is seen
You’ll surely be happy on Hallowe’en
It’s best beware,
of the witching hour,
In which the witches show their power.
Light all the Pumpkins and let their weird gleam
Call Witches and Goblins to keep Hallowe’en.
When witches go riding,
and black cats are seen,
the moon laughs and whispers,
‘tis near Halloween.
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Sexy, oui?
