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English: A hand of glory was a hanged man's hand which was used as a macabre candle holder by burglars to evade discovery. When alight, it was said to put all the sleeping people in a house into a trance from which they couldn't be awakened.
Sometimes the fingers of the hand itself were lit. It was believed that if the thumb refused to light, it signified that someone in the house was still awake. This hand was discovered in the early 20th century on the roof wallpate of Hawthorn Cottage in Danby. It is thought that it might have originated from Gibbet Howe, Castleton and been in use as late as 1820. |
| Date | Taken on 19 November 2014 14:42:02 |
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Photograph taken on 14th November 2014 at Whitby Museum, UK.
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