XPost: soc.culture.scottish, soc.culture.irish, soc.culture.british   
   XPost: alt.religion.druid   
   From: nospam@this.addy   
      
   Robert Peffers wrote:   
   > "1X2Willows" wrote   
   >> 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.   
   >   
   > As there are no written records your claims are worthless.   
      
   "your" as in who, Bob?   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)