Possible Death Mask of William Shakespeare.

I took advantage, for my workshop on the Supernatural, to take my students on a field trip to see the death mask of a historically known poet, which was conveniently placed in a near-by building. None of them had even heard of 'death masks', let alone seen one. I invited them to incorporate the idea into their writing exercises. Some did, some did not.However,  it's possible this visit to ole death elicited the following story from one of my students. If any do take a look here, they'll see that I said what I meant about writers stealing all and sundry.My student and her husband purchased a new house (which is kinda a theme of Red Room posters). Cleaning and renovations eventually took them to the back loft area, which was piled high with decades of accumulated detritus from a long life. They cleared out beds and boxes and newspaper piles and magazines and bundles of clothes and on and on.Near the end of this process, my student noticed a "clump of something" on one of the wooden beams of the loft. Getting ladder and flashlight her husband climbed to see what it was. It was the end of a number of knotted bed sheets.