{"id":27538,"date":"2026-02-26T22:45:27","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T22:45:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aboutlife.press\/?p=27538"},"modified":"2026-02-26T22:45:27","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T22:45:27","slug":"i-found-this-hanging-from-the-basement-rafters-of-my-100-year-old-house-it-appears-to-be-two-marbles-or-something-similar-in-a-hanger-of-some-sort-any-one-have-a-clue-what-this-could-be-fl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aboutlife.press\/?p=27538","title":{"rendered":"I found this hanging from the basement rafters of my 100 year old house. It appears to be two marbles or something similar in a hanger of some sort. Any one have a clue what this could be?\u201d Flrst c.o.m.m.e.n.t."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I Found This Hanging From the Basement Rafters of My 100-Year-Old House \u2014 What Could It Be?<br \/>\nI found this hanging from the basement rafters of my 100 year old house. It appears to be two marbles or something similar in a hanger of some sort. Any one have a clue what this could be?\u201d Flrst c.o.m.m.e.n.t.<br \/>\nI Found This Hanging From the Basement Rafters of My 100-Year-Old House \u2014 What Could It Be?<br \/>\nA 2,000-Word \u201cRecipe\u201d for Investigation, History, and Mystery<br \/>\nIngredients<br \/>\n1 100-year-old house with creaking floors and dusty rafters<\/p>\n<p>2 small glass objects (like marbles)<\/p>\n<p>1 string, wire, or hanger suspending the marbles<\/p>\n<p>A handful of curiosity<\/p>\n<p>2 cups historical research<\/p>\n<p>3 tablespoons imagination<\/p>\n<p>1 dash of skepticism<\/p>\n<p>1 notebook for documentation<\/p>\n<p>Magnifying glass or camera for observation<\/p>\n<p>Optional: expert consultation (historian, antique dealer, or electrician)<\/p>\n<p>Patience and persistence to taste<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I Found This Hanging From the Basement Rafters of My 100-Year-Old House \u2014 What Could It Be? I found this hanging from the basement rafters of my&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27539,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aboutlife.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aboutlife.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aboutlife.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aboutlife.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aboutlife.press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27538"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.aboutlife.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27538\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27540,"href":"https:\/\/www.aboutlife.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27538\/revisions\/27540"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aboutlife.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/27539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aboutlife.press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aboutlife.press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aboutlife.press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}