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The Wunderkammer of the Mild Colonial Boy, Esq., a Reactionary Tory Gentleman, who armed only with a Steampowered Babbage Engine and Pure Intentions, wanders the Time Streams and Aetheric Plane gathering an Eccentric Hodgepodge of Curiousities, Frivolities, Whimsicalities and Nonsense.

Q. Why is your Tumblelog called "My Ear-Trumpet Has Been Struck by Lightning"?

A. Because "My Grandmother's Ear-Trumpet Has Been Struck by Lightning" wouldn't fit in the available space.

folkthings:

Jar - Plon niesiemy plon

“Plon niesiemy plon” (“Harvest, we are bringing harvest”) is a traditional song sung during Dożynki (Harvest Festival).

In Poland Dożynki is folk festival combined with a ceremonial thanksgiving for the completion of harvest and field work. In pre-Christian times - the ethnic Slavic festival. It’s celebrated during the autumn equinox (September 23).

People in Belarus also celebrate Dazhynki. 

A list of Harvest festivals around the world: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Harvest_Festivals

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50watts: Mieczysław Berman, Bullet - Machine Guns Ammo, poster, 1935 from my post on a new book of Polish graphic design

50watts:

Mieczysław Berman, Bullet - Machine Guns Ammo, poster, 1935 from my post on a new book of Polish graphic design