Episode 208: Bygone (ad-free)

Humans have never let go of folklore designed to help us find things, even if it seems like it’s from another time, long ago. But in stories about our search for things, it’s possibly to find something a lot more thrilling.

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Further Reading

1. “A Search for a Lost Hammer Led to the Largest Cache of Roman Treasure Ever Found in Britain,” Smithsonian Magazine, January 2018, https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/search-lost-hammer-led-largest-cache-roman-treasure-ever-found-britain-180967263.
2. Adamson, J. H. “Tales of the Supernatural.” Western Folklore 18, n. 2 (Ap. 1959), pp. 79-87.
3. Bushman, Richard Lyman. Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling, A Cultural Biography of Mormonism’s Founder. New York: Vintage Books, 2007.
4. Buzick, Tamera. “Allison (Eilley) Oram Bowers.” Nevada Women’s History Project (NWHP). https://www.nevadawomen.org/research-center/biographies-alphabetical/alison-eilley-oram-bowers.
5. Citro, Joseph A. Green Mountains, Dark Tales. Lebanon: University Press of New England, 1999.
6. Davies, Owen. Grimoires: A History of Magic Books. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009.
7. De Quille, Dan. “The ‘Peep-Stone.’” Oakland Daily Transcript. 2/24/1876. Page 4. https://www.newspapers.com/image/697282970/?terms=peepstone&match=1.
8. Eliason, Eric A. “Seer Stones, Salamanders, and Early Mormon ‘Folk Magic’ in the Light of Folklore Studies and Bible Scholarship.” BYU Studies Quarterly 55, n. 1 (2016), pp. 73-93.
9. Ellis, Arthur J. The Divining Rod: A History of Water Witching. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1917.
10. “Four Men Drawn over the Dam—Truman Best Drowned.” Burlington Free Press. 8/5/1872. https://www.newspapers.com/image/197997124/?terms=truman%2Bbest%2Bdrowned.
11. Gordon, Mark. “Faces of Vermont: Luvia: Clear-Seeing, Natural Mystic.” Rutland Daily Herald. 5/9/1976. Page 24. https://www.newspapers.com/image/611096858/?terms=Luvia&match=1.
12. Hand, Wayland D. “Magic and the Supernatural in Utah Folklore.” Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 16, n. 4 (Winter 1983), pp. 51-64.
13. Heller, Paul. “Second Sight Central Vermont Psychic was Sought for Years.” The Times Argus. 7/11/2016. Updated 10/30/2018. https://www.timesargus.com/news/second-sight-central-vermont-psychic-was-sought-for-years/article_547483bd-3ac8-5fd0-b7b5-c1e2a5381c69.html.
14. “How Cubans Find Lost Objects.” USC Digital Folklore Archives. http://folklore.usc.edu/how-cubans-find-lost-objects.
15. “James Wellman Succumbs to Bullet Wound.” The Barre Daily Times. 8/6/1956. Page 1. https://www.newspapers.com/image/661146408/?terms=James%20wellman&match=1.
16. “Jottings.” The Reno Gazette-Journal. 2/11/1881. Page 3. https://www.newspapers.com/image/146869537/?terms=%22washoe%20seeress%22&match=1.
17. Kosloski, Philip. “Prayer to St. Anthony to Find an Item that was Lost.” Aleteia.org. Published 6/24/2020. https://aleteia.org/2020/06/24/prayer-to-st-anthony-to-find-an-item-that-was-lost.
18. “Legendary Nevadans: Eilley Bowers of Washoe Valley.” Travel Nevada. https://travelnevada.com/historical-interests/legendary-nevadans-eilley-bowers-of-washoe-valley.
19. “Mrs. Bowers,” Reno Gazette-Journal, 2/27/1878. Page 3. https://www.newspapers.com/image/147525556/?terms=%22washoe%20seeress%22&match=1.
20. “Seer Stone.” The Joseph Smith Papers. https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/topic/seer-stone.
21. “Seer Stones.” The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/history/topics/seer-stones?lang=eng.
22. Soule, Julie. “Country Seer.” Vermont Life 17, n 2 (1962), pp 48-50.
23. [Untitled]. Yerington Times. 10/31/1875. Page 3. https://www.newspapers.com/image/381504298/?terms=%22washoe%20seeress%22&match=1.
24. “The Washoe Seeress.” The San Francisco Examiner. 11/23/1875. Page 1. https://www.newspapers.com/image/457664346/?terms=%22washoe%20seeress%22&match=1.
25. Wichmann, Anna. “Lost Something? Bake a Fanouropita, if You Can Find a Recipe.” Greek Reporter. 8/26/2021. https://greekreporter.com/2021/08/26/lost-something-bake-a-fanouropita-if-you-can-find-a-recipe.