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GUEST,DoINeedAnAccount Folklore: Somerset Girt Dog of Langport (27) RE: Folklore: Somerset Girt Dog of Langport 25 Dec 09

Another possibility is that the Girt Dog burning his tail has to do with the heliacal rising of the "tail" star of the Great Dog (Canus Major) - that is the night "we are going wassail".

I'm perplexed by the maid with the silver-headed pin - which sounds like another stellar reference - for Casseopea and Virgo are both far away from Canus Major. Anyone have an idea of which constellation the maid was/is?

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