Skull On A Stick

Date Posted: Thursday, October 18th, 2012

Tis the season for creepy tales and here’s one right from our holdings.

This is a statement collected from concerned citizens of the Mispillion Hundred in the 18^th century regarding the mistreatment of the skull of a gentleman who had died approximately 15 years earlier. According to this record, the perpetrator dug it up and allowed his children to drag it through the streets on a string and affix it to a stick. As one of our processers put it, these kids could have really used an X-Box.

This is just one of the curious tales found in our Small Manuscripts Collection. Come by and dig up some history today.