About this episode
"a pin, a cork, and a card" [HOUN]
When it came to exotic insects, butterflies were all the rage in Victorian England. They were sought after by naturalists and collectors, to become part of collections in studies as well as institutions.
We have a few collectors in the Canon who made it their business to pin butterflies to cork and display them. Here's what we know about them and about their hobby. It's just a Trifle.
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- This episode: ihose.co/trifles251
- Inspired by Donald Girard Jewell's Butterflies & Blind Beetles, #4 in the Sherlock Holmes Natural History Series
- Norm MacDonald's moth joke (YouTube)
- Other episodes mentioned:
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- I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere Episode 226: Sherlockian Collecting
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Performers: Uncredited violinist, US Marine Chamber Orchestra
Publisher Info.: Washington, DC: United States Marine Band
Copyright: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0
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