Telling Collection (page 6)

Farewell present of useful white flag, which Russian Generals wife thoughtfully gives when he leaves for front, telling him to use it as soon as he sees Japanese army

I am telling you - On June 28th I expect you to enlist in the army of war savers to back up my army of fighters. Half-length portrait of Uncle Sam, standing, facing front, with his fists on his hips

The man we would like to strangle
" The man we would like to strangle." from " The Sketch Book & Winters Pie". A room full of people look fed up as a man recounts his fishing stories during a thaw at a Winter

Studies of Moorish Life -- a Storyteller. The man on the right holds up his hands as he tells his story. The man on the left sits on a rock with a human skull in one hand

Teacher telling mother her son is good for nothing

Man and dachshunds
A man scolds his two dachshunds. Landskrona, 1910.- Date: 1910

The Truth About Grown-Ups by William Heath Robinson
A baby, who should really be fast asleep in his cot, instead regales a gathered group of elves and pixies in his bedroom with tall tales about the deeds of his parents

Railway Crossing Sign
A railway crossing sign for large vehicles, telling them to stop and telephone for permission to cross! Date: 1960s

The Beach at Berck-Plage, France Date: circa 1910s

Mother Story-Telling
A mother tells a bedtime story to her daughter` Date: 1931

Fortune Teller with cards
French (Breton?) Fortune Teller with cards Date: circa 1910s

Fortune Telling Cards
A sinister gipsy woman, dripping with rings and necklaces, spreads her fortune telling cards across the table... Date: 1970s

Iranian Fortune Teller
The old Iranian fortune teller looks up at her shy, smiling young customer : I see a rich and handsome young man from Tehran... Date: 1930s

PALMISTRY
Cross my palm with silver : a fortune teller reads someones fortune from the palms of their hands. Date: 1930s

Fortune Teller & Cat
A sinister gipsy woman and her scary cat, reading someones fortune with playing cards... Date: 1970s

Amusing Signpost
Beleve it or not, while cycling in Bedfordshire, England, this rider suddenly saw this sign post telling him he was within a mile of Ireland! Date: 1940s

Fortune Telling Canary
A young woman with a hooked nose, wearing a cloche hat, asks an old gipsy woman if her canary can tell her fortune. Date: early 1930s

Old sundial circa 2008

Story time for Beaver Scouts
A group of Irish Beaver Scouts sit on the floor looking up at their leader who shows them pictures from The Story of the Beaver book. 1970s

Mondays Child by May Bowley. A fortune-telling song telling a childs character or future based on the day they were born and help young children remember the days the week. Date: circa 1903

Wednesdays Child by May Bowley. A fortune-telling song telling a childs character or future based on the day they were born and help young children remember the days the week. Date: circa 1903

Thursdays Child by May Bowley. A fortune-telling song telling a childs character or future based on the day they were born and help young children remember the days the week. Date: circa 1903

Saturdays Child by May Bowley. A fortune-telling song telling a childs character or future based on the day they were born and help young children remember the days the week. Date: circa 1903

Copenhagen Park Sunday
Sunday afternoon in the Oster Glacis, Copenhagen - couples and families sprawl on the grass, flirting, drinking, telling stories, gossiping or playing games. Date: 1888

Greek Tripod
A Greek ceremonial tripod, as used by the Oracle at Delphi and elsewhere

I-CHING
Consulting the I-CHING in the elaborately decorated establishment of a Chinese fortune-teller Date: circa 1835

Spanish Fortune Tellere
A Spanish gipsy fortune-teller reads the hand of a bull- fighter as he goes to the corrida Date: 1891

Spooky Stories
An old man tells creepy stories to children before they go to bed

Mother telling children a fairy tale
A mother sits on the sofa and tells her three children a fairy tale. Date: 1900

Mme Lenormand Fails
Mme Lenormand sees the futures of her clients, but fails to foresee that she will be arrested at Brussels on a charge of smuggling Date: circa 1820

Telling Fairy Tales
A man reads from a book at a large fireplace, the men, women and children around him look suitably entertained

Lear / Nonsense / Welling
There was a Young Lady of Welling, whose praise all the world was a-telling; She played on a harp, and caught several carp, that accomplished Young Lady of Welling

Russian soldiers seeking to know the future: A Gispys parakeet telling the mens fortunes at the front

American Indians. Entertaining the Chief
The Chief of the Passamaquoddy Indians entertaining his English guests by telling them tales of his tribes history in a wooded camp on the shore of Lake Utopia

Children Talking C1880
A group of boys and girls listen to a little girl telling a story

Playing Near Fishingboat
A group of children play in the sand near a fishing boat whose owner is telling fishy stories to a little girl

Hands and Crystal Ball
A spooky photograph of a crystal ball and a womans hands

Tea Leaves in a Teacup
Tea leaves at the bottom of a teacup

Police Officer and Boy
Police officer telling off little boy for fishing in Trafalgar Square fountain making him upset and sad. Metropolitan police London

Tarot Card Bateleur 1500
TAROT Le Bateleur (The Juggler)

Tarot Card Wheel Fortune
TAROT : 10 LA ROUE DE FORTUNE (The Wheel of Fortune)

Food for the Needy
The text is telling farmers that they should give some of their harvest to the needy

Palmistry / Young Lady
A young lady learns what her hand reveals about her future prospects

Oracle on her Tripod
The Oracle on her tripod, inhaling the fumes which will put her into an altered state and enable her to utter her inspired predictions

Hens Thrown in Sea
During Punic War Two Roman admiral Claudius Pulcher, when the sacred hens used for divination won t drink, has them thrown into sea : his men lose morale, lose the battle

News from the War
Citizens of St Petersburg read notices posted on walls, telling them how the war with Japan is going

Fortune Teller & Bird
A fortune-teller on a London street with her fortune- telling little birds

Fortune in Cards
Fortune-telling using cards

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