Mary Krugman wrote:
> OK, BPers - here's some blood & guts for you... from an Australian yet. Ian?
> Any response?
>
> -- Mary Krugman
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> Subj: RE: Timber framing tradition
> Date: 9/21/1999 11:16:34 PM Eastern Daylight Time
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> There are also stories of people being killed
> at the time of the commissioning of Viking
> longboats.
>
My recollection of the story is that in various cultures- & I'm sure to screw
the nautical lingo up-
The job of knocking out the last keel stay keeping a vessel from slipping into
the water was offered to a slave/condemned man with the understanding that
should he miraculously survive he would be granted his freedom.
DD