[Sca-cooks] Irish cattle raids

[Terry Decker]

The cattle were chips, but the milk, butter and cheese they produced were
provender.  And if they couldn't raise cattle, how could they play their fun
game?

Bear

>No, cattle were markers in a giant proto-game of monopoly....not for food
at
>all ;-)
>
>margali
>
>the quote starts here:
>As a small afterthought, all those Irishmen in the Tain Bo Culain must have
>starved to death, since according to the article, they didn't know how to
>raise cattle.
>
>Bear