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Show THE PROPHECY OF MOTHER SHIPTON The prophecy of Mother Shipton, which was first published in 148S, is often referred to. She hit everything off pretty well except the world coming to an end in 1881. (Maybe she meant to say 1932.) Because she was so accurate in everything else, a good many people were pretty badly frightened in 1881 and did not rest until that year had closed. Herewith the prophecy: Carriages without horses shall go, and accidents fill the world with woe. Around the world thoughts shall fly in the twinkling of an eye. Water shall yet more wonders do, now strange, yet be true. The world upside down shall be and gold be found at the root of a tree. Thru hills men shall ride and no horse or ass be at his side. Under water men shall walk, shall Bride, shall sleep, shall talk. In the air men shall be seen in white, in black, in green. Iron in the water shall float same as a wooden boat. Gold shall be found in a land that is not now known. Fire and water shall wonders do and England at last shall admit a Jew. The world to an end shall come in eighteen hundred and eighty-one |
