SC - butchering rabbits

[Alderton, Philippa]

Adamantius sez:

>Is that before the College of Augers (Augurs? I forget) checks for
blemishes on which to prophesy?

Interesting, though. In a herding society it could bode extremely ill if
a sacrificed ovine or bovine critter had spots on its liver, then. In
theory, prophesying a plague on the local livestock and massive economic
problems for the entire society might not be too far-fetched... <

Actually, we're just now learning that what the ancients did in many cases
was just good practice of animal husbandry and the like.

Look at the Jewish and Moslem prohibition of pigs- guaranteed a practicing
Jew of that period did not die of trichinosis. The American Indians named
several streams taboo- later research has indicated that the fish in these
streams were/are infested with a parasite that attacks mankind. There are
many other examples of what we have considered odd traditional practices in
the past which have turned out to be based on sound principles based on
cumulative experience. Of course there have been unsound ones as well, but
usually the ones who practice them died out.



Phlip

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Philippa Farrour
Caer Frig
Southeastern Ohio

The World's Need

So many Gods, so many creeds,
So many paths that wind and wind,
When just the art of being kind
Is all this sad world needs.

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