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   From: nospam@this.addy   
      
   conwaycaine wrote:   
   > "An Coibhi Drui"  wrote   
   >   
   > Yeah, the Druids looked on as the pre-Christians built Newgrange!   
   >   
   > **And Stonehenge was built long before the first Mistletoe bough was   
   > ever cut with a golden sickle   
      
   Trivia interlude: Loranthus Europaeus is not even native to the British   
   Isles and gold certainly too soft to cut it. Said famous historical account   
   refers to the Continent and most likely sickles of highly polished bronze.   
   Viscum Alba, while related, doesn't possess those legendary healing   
   powers which are being utilized in modern cancer treatment among   
   other uses. And yes, there weren't any Druids by this name around   
   when Stonehenge was built and far less at the time of construction of   
   Newgrange and other structures erected by the Bell-Beaker culture.   
      
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