Last Sunday, visiting St. George’s Market in Belfast, I spotted a first for me – a Sheela-na-Gig sticker. I have noted modern versions on my travels but sticker was definitely a new form to me.
As I walked the block, I spotted 5 more.
The various colours suggested different print runs. However, it was the sticker over the eyes that has persevered as the question that has rattled around my head.
Why put a sticker over the eyes of another sticker? Were they, as I presume, applied by the same person, or a later addition?
What is the message(s)?
On my Tuesday early morning drive, the Death Studies Podcast (at 37:10) educated that at the start of the Covid pandemic in India, yellow stickers were placed on the houses of those who had contracted the virus to warn and restrict access.
The podcast also reminded that yellow was the colour of the patch required to be worn by Jews in WWII in a number of countries.
There may be other stickers beyond the block that I walked. They may have colours beyond the Red-Yellow-Blue primary colour range. One week on, the Sheela stickers and the gag remain a mystery – the reason for yellow even more so.
Updated 2024.0422 - Second sticker on eyes - not mouth
As I walked the block, I spotted 5 more.
The various colours suggested different print runs. However, it was the sticker over the eyes that has persevered as the question that has rattled around my head.
Why put a sticker over the eyes of another sticker? Were they, as I presume, applied by the same person, or a later addition?
What is the message(s)?
On my Tuesday early morning drive, the Death Studies Podcast (at 37:10) educated that at the start of the Covid pandemic in India, yellow stickers were placed on the houses of those who had contracted the virus to warn and restrict access.
The podcast also reminded that yellow was the colour of the patch required to be worn by Jews in WWII in a number of countries.
There may be other stickers beyond the block that I walked. They may have colours beyond the Red-Yellow-Blue primary colour range. One week on, the Sheela stickers and the gag remain a mystery – the reason for yellow even more so.
Updated 2024.0422 - Second sticker on eyes - not mouth
