After succumbing to a fever of some sort in 1705, Irish woman Margorie McCall was hastily buried to prevent the spread of whatever had done her in. Margorie was buried with a valuable ring, which her husband had been unable to remove due to swelling. This made her an even better target for body snatchers, who could cash in on both the corpse and the ring.
The evening after Margorie was buried, before the soil had even settled, the grave-robbers showed up and started digging. Unable to pry the ring off the finger, they decided to cut the finger off. As soon as blood was drawn, Margorie awoke from her coma, sat straight up and screamed.
The fate of the grave-robbers remains unknown. One story says the men dropped dead on the spot, while another claims they fled and never returned to their chosen profession.
Margorie climbed out of the hole and made her way back to her home.
Her husband John, a doctor, was at home with the children when he heard a knock at the door. He told the children, “If your mother were still alive, I’d swear that was her knock.”
When he opened the door to find his wife standing there, dressed in her burial clothes, blood dripping from her finger but very much alive, he dropped dead to the floor. He was buried in the plot Margorie had vacated.
Margorie went on to re-marry and have several children. When she did finally die, she was returned to Shankill Cemetery in Lurgan, Ireland, where her gravestone still stands. It bears the inscription “Lived Once, Buried Twice.”
What a time to be black and part of fandom culture
What did I miss?
Thanks! That was an unforgivable omission.
This just keeps getting better
Btw: You don’t have to be black to reblog this. You can signal boost. Please tag signal boost.
*cries in negro*
Don’t care if this is for an album but this movie was the shit!
She deserves a fandom
Yall, I don’t think we’re giving Janelle Monae the credit she deserves for her commitment to scifi. It isn’t just a gimmick for her music videos. Science fiction is a cross-platform medium of expression for this woman. When you think about there is something profound about a black female entertainer choosing, repeatedly, to tell stories set in a consumerist future with herself as an android.
She’s sending a crystal clear message. Pay attention.
Afrofuturism on lock!
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