Ron May schrieb:
> Geoff,
>
> I am surprised you have not drawn a connection between the Anglian and Welsh
> practice of burying horse skulls in houses to appease Celtic earth deities
> and ward-away witch-ghosts and the partial raccoon buried near the door of
> the house. Ralph Merrifield made a pretty sound case for this sort of
> behavior.

well: didn't know about the anglian and welsh doing that - could mention burials
out here in east germany, too (including afterbirth?), but... the connections
seemed somewhat tenuous...


geoff carver
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