glumshoe:The device I’m wearing is an antique (1800s) hoodwink. Hoodwinks like this were used in Mas
glumshoe:The device I’m wearing is an antique (1800s) hoodwink. Hoodwinks like this were used in Masonic initiation rituals to symbolize the transition from darkness into light - that is, from ignorance into knowledge. The word ‘hoodwink’ originally meant “to blindfold”, and Masonic usage predates the modern use of the word to mean “to deceive”. This particular hoodwink was purchased at a local antique store. The dealer had no idea what it was and absurdly claimed that it was used for welding. -- source link