Category Archives: World Wrights
Money Lending in the Victorian Era: From Prohibition to Predation
In Wrighting Old Wrongs, Rebecca’s most immediate problem is the debt her late father owed a particularly despicable money lender, a dilemma face by many in the Victorian Era. What made it so insidious?
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Perpetual Stew~a forever food
How long as that pot been on the fire? Hours, days, weeks? Maybe even years? Yep, that’s Perpetual Stew.
Continue reading →Storm Jars: Victorian Weather Forecasters
Human beings have longed to predict the weather since pretty much forever. During the Victorian era, early tools to predict the weather predictions made their way into homes in the form of storm jars or storm glasses.
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