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| Reply To: | "Let us not speak foul in folly!" - ]<en Phollit |
| Date: | Mon, 3 Feb 2003 20:16:24 -0600 |
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Sometimes I think we do that with people.
-jc
On Monday, February 3, 2003, at 05:20 PM, Leland Torrence wrote:
> And we all remember the October Horse. In Rome they used to parade
> the two best warrior stallions. The most magnificent and fastest steed
> was then sacrificed.
> Best,
> Leland
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Let us not speak foul in folly!" - ]<en Phollit
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Ralph
> Walter
> Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 9:02 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Good Luck Horseshoes?
>
> In a message dated 2/3/2003 8:53:48 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
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> In the Black Forest area in Germany it was tradition to roast the ox
> that was used to haul the timbers for a new barn house, then hang it’s
> head from the rafter peaks inside the barn for good luck and leave it
> there. They had no chimneys so the smoke from the fires would preserve
> it.
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> Do those Krauts know how to show their gratitude, or what?
>
> Ralph
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