bury swords study a steady manus and the willingness to hazardthe episodic sore pharynx and pierce esophagus . And as luck would have it for those readers who wo n’t take chances the taste of broadsword , the folks atthe Sword Swallowing Hall of Fameare compiling the histories of sword swallowers past and present .
Some of the best photos in their archive date back to the 1800s , when blade swallowers likeEdith Clifford , who learned the artistry at the eld of 13 and could swallow 24 steel simultaneously , razor steel , bayonet , and byword . When she was a vet , Harry Houdini witness her act and described her act as such :
The sensation of her human activity was when the point of a bayonet 23 1/2 inches long and fasten to the breech of a cannon was placed in her backtalk and the cannon discharged with the recoil driving the bayonet down her pharynx .
Here ’s Kitty Fisher , who act upon alongside her husband in the 1890 ’s . In 1902 , The Boston Herald touted her ability as keep abreast :
By long drill she has accustomed herself to swallow swords , daggers , bayonet , walking sticks , perch , and other dangerous articles . Her throat and food passageway have become so heroic that she can take back three long swords almost up to the hilt , and can accommodate a dozen inadequate blades . ”
And despite her practice session , Fisher survive occupational mishaps such as piercing a nervure in her throat and having a dagger prison-breaking in half halfway down her gullet .
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And finally — as we jump ahead a few decades — we meetEdna Price , who mould with Ringling Bros. and retired from the professing in 1939 . Here , she take back glow atomic number 10 lights for Ripley ’s Believe It Or Not at the 1933 Chicago World ’s Fair .
And for more entropy on the many saber - eater and epee - sampler over the centuries , see theSword Swallower Hall of Fame .
Related : Charles Eisenmann ’s sideshow employment photography . The 1870 photo at left is from this accumulation , as is “ Lady Attira , Sword Walker . ”
https://gizmodo.com/glamour-shots-of-carnival-freaks-of-the-1800s-were-od-5921605
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