June 28, 2008

Hello All,
Working in San Diego Old Town, we are bedeviled by trying to tease out fact from oral traditions...

A current one we are dealing with regards the claim that cow's blood was a component of packed earthen floors.

Long time residents of Baja that we know deny this as a fact.  Their packed earthen floors are solidified simply with water.  Other historians we have questioned have not found this blood addition was done.

So,
1.  Has anyone in the Histarch community heard of this?
2.  Is there documentation of it?
3.  Where and who documented it?

Many thanks,
S. Walter

PS:  Then, when you are finished with bloody floors, there is the story that roof tiles were shaped over maidens thighs...  And we can follow up with documenting the number of girl's petticoats that were torn up to make American flags...  And, oh Lord save us from Ramona.