Yes Whey…Cheese Fortune-Telling Is Actually a Thing

Have you ever gone to a farm, looked around at all the donkeys, and wondered…are they actually humans who just ate a bad piece of cheese? Well, medieval historian William of Malmesbury thought that was probably the case when he accused female Italian innkeepers in the 12th century of using tyromancy to turn their customers into donkeys, just by feeding them cheese. It was an odd use for tyromancy, a magical practice of fortune telling with...