Short Stuff: Curse Tablets

Stuff You Should Know

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Society & Culture

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🗓️ 28 September 2022

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Curse tablets are exactly what you think - tablets with curses inscribed on them. But what were they used for, and when did people do this? Hit play and those answers shall be revealed!

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0:00.0	There's so much news happening around the world that we're somehow supposed to stay on top of.
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0:34.4	Hey and welcome to the short stuff.
0:35.8	I'm Josh, there's Chuck Jerry's here sitting in for Dave and this is short stuff.
0:39.4	Get it up, Tally Ho, let's go.
0:42.9	Let's make sure this one doesn't blow.
0:46.0	Ooh, saucy.
0:47.8	Thank you.
0:48.8	A curse upon your house, a pox upon you then, jerk.
0:54.9	I would never write a curse tablet for you, my friend.
0:57.9	No.
0:58.9	No, nor would I.
1:00.2	I mean, I would even think that would go without saying because it's just such a jerk
1:05.7	move to write a curse tablet against somebody if you think about it.
1:09.9	Yeah, I never had heard of these before.
1:13.4	These are kind of what it sounds like.
1:15.8	It's a tablet.
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